Illustration: In a small apartment living room, an adult lies comfortably beneath a kotatsu while using long cooking chopsticks to pick one conspicuous crumb off the floor. A dustpan and brush stand within easy reach beside them, and many more crumbs remain around their slippers.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

横おう着ちゃく

ouchaku

lazy, inclined to shirk

Example sentences

  1. トムは横着おうちゃくな人ひとじゃない。

    Tom isn’t a lazy man.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 横着おうちゃくしないで、教おそわった漢字かんじを使つかいなさい。

    Don’t be lazy, use the kanji you’ve been taught.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. さすが横着おうちゃくな私わたしも、我慢がまんしきれず、胃腸いちょうの専門病院せんもんびょういんへ入院にゅういんした。

    Even I, lazy as I am, couldn’t bear it any longer and checked into a hospital specializing in gastrointestinal problems.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

Kanji in 横着

  • 横sideways; sideOnオウKunよこ
  • 着wear; arriveOnチャク・ジャクKunきる・きせる・つく

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