生っちょろい

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
なま
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

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+‎ +‎ ちょろい

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) まっちょろ [nàmátchóróꜜì] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [na̠ma̠t̚t͡ɕo̞ɾo̞i]

Adjective

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(なま)っちょろい (namatchoroi-i (adverbial (なま)っちょろく (namatchoroku))

  1. half-hearted
    そんな(なま)っちょろいやり(かた)ではこと成就(せいじゅ)しない
    Sonna namatchoroi yarikata de wa koto wa seiju shinai.
    You'll never get anywhere doing things in such a half‐hearted way

Inflection

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN