もたもた

Frequency rank: 23,860. – 24,001.

adverb (fukushi); adverb taking the 'to' particle; noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdlingonomatopoeic or mimetic word

Forms

もたもたFrequency rank: 23,860. – 24,001.
モタモタFrequency rank: 46,119. – 47,037.

Generated definitions (experimental)

slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling

This refers to a manner of doing something that is characterized by slowness or lack of efficiency, often leading to delays or a sense of laziness.

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He was dawdling, so he was late for the movie.

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I dawdled in getting ready and ended up missing my chance.

Generated collocations (experimental)

to move slowly / to be inefficientto be dawdling / to be slowto be inefficient at workif you dawdlethere's no time to be slowto walk slowlyto speak slowly / to take a long time to speakto hurry but still be slowto fumble around inefficientlyif you dawdle, you won't get anything done

Wiktionary definitions (experimental)

きごう（ときにきごう「ときごう」をこうち後置してきごう）ものごと物事のしんこう進行やひと人のどうさ動作がおそい遅いさま．.きごう（ときにきごう「ときごう」をこうち後置してきごう）

Wiktionary

Example sentences

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1. 〜～、。でしょ。、、。

Oooh, get a move on. We'll end up late! Come on, I'll tie your shoelaces for you.

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