Illustration: At a neighborhood bakery counter, a customer holds the serving tongs midway between a melon bun and a curry bun, wrist turning back toward the option just abandoned. Their other hand points hesitantly at the opposite bun, contradicting the tongs. The tray remains empty.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

優ゆう柔じゅう不ふ断だん

yuujuufudan

indecisive

Example sentences

彼かれの優柔不断ゆうじゅうふだんさにイライラした。
I was irritated by his indecision.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
彼かれの優柔不断ゆうじゅうふだんが将来しょうらいの災わざわいの種たねをまいた。
His indecision sowed the seeds of future trouble.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
「お昼ひるどこで食たべる？」「トムが決きめて。私わたし優柔不断ゆうじゅうふだんだから」
"Where will we go for lunch?" "Tom, you decide. I can’t."
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 優柔不断

優excel; gentleOnユウ・ウKunやさしい・すぐれる・まさる
柔tender; weaknessOnジュウ・ニュウKunやわらか・やわらかい・やわ
不negative; non-Onフ・ブ
断cut; decideOnダンKunたつ・ことわる・さだめる

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