Illustration: In an apartment building's entrance hall, a maintenance worker lounges on a folding chair watching entertainment on a phone. Beside the worker, an unattended bucket has overflowed beneath a ceiling leak, sending water across the floor toward residents' shoes.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

怠たい慢まん

taiman

negligence

Example sentences

  1. その事故じこは彼女かのじょの怠慢たいまんから起おこった。

    The accident stemmed from her negligence.

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  2. 彼かれは職務しょくむ怠慢たいまんだった。

    He was negligent of his duties.

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  3. 僕ぼくは君きみの怠慢たいまんが気きに入いらないんだ。

    I’m displeased at your negligence.

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Kanji in 怠慢

  • 怠neglect; lazinessOnタイKunおこたる・なまける
  • 慢ridicule; lazinessOnマン

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