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JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

なおざり

naozari

neglectful

Example sentences

  1. 問題もんだいをなおざりにしているようではいけない。

    You mustn’t make light of the problem.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれらは自分じぶんたちの義務ぎむをなおざりにはしなかった。

    They didn’t neglect their own duty.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 忙いそがしさのあまり、家族かぞくとの会話かいわがなおざりになっていた。

    I was so busy that I had been neglecting conversations with my family.

    Written by AI for Bebop

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