Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 優柔不断(ゆうじゅうふだん) in Japanese

優柔不断
Kana Reading
ゆうじゅうふだん
Romaji
yūjūfudan
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
    Meaning
    shilly-shally; indecisiveness
    Example sentence
    優柔不断将来災い種をまいた His indecision sowed the seeds of future trouble.

Examples of 優柔不断, ゆうじゅうふだん in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 2

9 strokes

tender, weakness, gentleness, softness

On'Yomi: ジュウ, ニュウ

Kun'Yomi: やわ.らか, やわ.らかい, やわ, やわ.ら

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JLPT 3

11 strokes

severance, decline, refuse, apologize, warn, dismiss, prohibit, decision, judgement, cutting

On'Yomi: ダン

Kun'Yomi: た.つ, ことわ.る, さだ.める

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JLPT 3

17 strokes

tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness

On'Yomi: ユウ, ウ

Kun'Yomi: やさ.しい, すぐ.れる, まさ.る

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JLPT 4

4 strokes

negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy

On'Yomi: フ, ブ

Kun'Yomi:

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