JLPT N1 · な-adjective

ずるずる (zuruzuru)

ずるずる is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ずるずる
Romaji: zuruzuru
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly · adverb, adverb (taking と) · onomatopoeia / mimetic
(falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; (drawing back) slowly; with a slither · adverb, adverb (taking と) · onomatopoeia / mimetic
on and on; while putting off; slovenly; interminably · adverb, adverb (taking と) · onomatopoeia / mimetic
with a slurp; with a sniffle · adverb, adverb (taking と) · onomatopoeia / mimetic
loose; lax; inconclusive; unresolved · な-adjective · onomatopoeia / mimetic

Example sentences

私はぬかるんだ斜面をずるずると滑り下りた。

I slithered down the muddy slope.

Tatoeba #76288

ほそぼそとしたアクセスや、たまにくるメールなどに励まされ、ズルズルここまできてしまいました。

Encouraged by the continuing trickle of hits and the rarely arriving email I've somehow kept going till now.

Tatoeba #76435

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

Conjugation of ずるずる

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	ずるずるだ	ずるずるだ zuruzuruda
Present (polite)	ずるずるです	ずるずるです zuruzurudesu
Negative	ずるずるじゃない	ずるずるじゃない zuruzurujanai
Past	ずるずるだった	ずるずるだった zuruzurudatta
Negative past	ずるずるじゃなかった	ずるずるじゃなかった zuruzurujanakatta
Te-form	ずるずるで	ずるずるで zuruzurude
Before a noun	ずるずるな	ずるずるな zuruzuruna
Adverb (~ni)	ずるずるに	ずるずるに zuruzuruni

Source: JMdict entry 1006440 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.