JLPT N1 · い-adjective

だるい (darui)

だるい is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “sluggish; languid”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: だるい
Romaji: darui
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

sluggish; languid; listless; heavy (heart, legs, etc.); dull · い-adjective · usually written in kana
bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass · い-adjective · usually written in kana, slang

Example sentences

だるいし頭がずきずきする。

I feel listless and have a throbbing headache.

Tatoeba #203252

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

Conjugation of だるい

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	だるい	だるい darui
Negative	だるくない	だるくない darukunai
Past	だるかった	だるかった darukatta
Negative past	だるくなかった	だるくなかった darukunakatta
Te-form	だるくて	だるくて darukute
Adverb (~ku)	だるく	だるく daruku
Conditional (~ba)	だるければ	だるければ darukereba

Source: JMdict entry 1007520 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.