JLPT N3 · Verb

怠ける (namakeru)

怠ける (なまける, namakeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be lazy; to be idle”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
なまける
Romaji
namakeru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to be lazy; to be idle; to slack · ichidan verb, intransitive
  2. to neglect (e.g. one's work); to be neglectful of; to skip (e.g. school) · ichidan verb, transitive

Example sentences

概して人間は怠ける傾向にある。
As a rule, man is inclined to be lazy.
彼は勉強を怠けている。
He is lazy in his study.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 怠ける

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary怠けるなまける namakeru
Polite (~masu)怠けますなまけます namakemasu
Negative怠けないなまけない namakenai
Polite negative怠けませんなまけません namakemasen
Past怠けたなまけた namaketa
Polite past怠けましたなまけました namakemashita
Negative past怠けなかったなまけなかった namakenakatta
Te-form怠けてなまけて namakete
Potential怠けられるなまけられる namakerareru
Passive怠けられるなまけられる namakerareru
Causative怠けさせるなまけさせる namakesaseru
Volitional怠けようなまけよう namakeyou
Imperative怠けろなまけろ namakero
Conditional (~ba)怠ければなまければ namakereba

Kanji in 怠ける

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 怠ける.

Source: JMdict entry 1410660 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.