Illustration: At a Japanese home's entrance, a child sits fully dressed with shoes already fastened and a backpack within reach. Instead of standing up, the child repeatedly fiddles with a shoe strap and nudges a tiny pebble along the floor with one toe.

JLPT N2adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

ぐずぐず

guzuguzu

dawdling, hesitantly

Example sentences

  1. 何なにをぐずぐずしてるの？

    What’s taking you so long?

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  2. ぐずぐずしてる暇ひまはない。

    There is no time to lose.

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  3. ぐずぐずしないで。

    Don’t procrastinate.

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