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
- to be lazy; to be idle; to slack · ichidan verb, intransitive
- to neglect (e.g. one's work); to be neglectful of; to skip (e.g. school) · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
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.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| 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.