Lingaku怠る【おこたる】
Frequency rank: 7,208. – 7,217.
- to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guardsee also 怠ける
Godan verb with 'ru' ending; transitive verb
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- 怠る【おこたる】Frequency rank: 7,208. – 7,217.
- おこたる
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to be negligent in doing something
- to shirk
- to be off one's guard
This usage refers to a lack of attention or diligence in fulfilling responsibilities or tasks.
In this context, it refers to avoiding responsibilities or tasks intentionally.
She shirked her responsibilities, and the problem grew bigger.
This meaning suggests a state of being unprepared or unaware of potential dangers or issues.
Generated collocations (experimental)
おこたる怠ることthe act of being negligentしごと仕事をおこたる怠るto be negligent at workけんこう健康をおこたる怠るto neglect one's healthべんきょう勉強をおこたる怠るto neglect studyingけいかい警戒をおこたる怠るto let one's guard downおこたる怠ることがないto not be negligent at allおこたる怠ることはできないcannot be negligentぎむ義務をおこたる怠るto neglect one's dutyちゅういをおこたる注意を怠るto be carelessおこたっては怠ってはいけないshould not be negligent
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
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It is strange that a cameraman heading for a war-zone should not know about the danger of unexploded shells. The newspaper company is being negligent in its training.
They are alert to the dangers of food poisoning.
His failure to tell me the truth caused an accident.
The boy had bad teeth because he neglected to brush them.
In our plans, we failed to take the weather into account.
You kept putting off working on the fine details on this project so it ended up lacking the finishing touches.