Illustration: In the hallway of a Japanese apartment, a sleepy teenager shuffles toward the entrance with sagging shoulders and barely lifted feet. One slipper has slipped halfway off, and their schoolbag hangs loosely from one hand.

のろのろ

noronoro

slowly, sluggishly

Example sentences

タクシーはカタツムリと同おなじくらいのろのろ進すすんでいるように思おもえた。
The taxi seemed to go as slowly as a snail.
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休日きゅうじつで車くるまは街道かいどうをのろのろと動うごいた。
The holiday traffic crawled along the highway.
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前まえの車くるまがのろのろでいらいらする。
The car in front of me is moving so slowly that it’s getting on my nerves.
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