怠おこたる

おこたる okotaru

to neglect
to be off guard
to be feeling better

godan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

疏忽；怠慢

Examples

Furigana

あなたは「ありがとう」と言うことを怠った。
You neglected to say "Thank you."
你忘了说谢谢。
Tatoeba #232902
彼かの女じょは職しょく務むを怠おこたったため解かい雇こされた。
She was dismissed for loafing on the job.
她因玩忽职守被解雇。
Tatoeba #88619

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('ca8c4f4dbf'); // 怠る

{
  "id": "ca8c4f4dbf",
  "word": "怠る",
  "reading": "おこたる",
  "romaji": "okotaru",
  "meanings": [
    "to neglect",
    "to be off guard",
    "to be feeling better"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "v5r",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1410710,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "あなたは「ありがとう」と言うことを怠った。",
      "en": "You neglected to say \"Thank you.\"",
      "tatoeba_id": 232902
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼女は職務を怠ったため解雇された。",
      "furigana": "{彼女|かのじょ}は{職務|しょくむ}を{怠|おこた}ったため{解雇|かいこ}された。",
      "en": "She was dismissed for loafing on the job.",
      "tatoeba_id": 88619
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "2f9fd1597bc37a07c7b11a34524749d9b941936fd7ab0181b1ab8ffe4304567f",
    "meanings": [
      "疏忽",
      "怠慢"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "あなたは「ありがとう」と言うことを怠った。",
        "zh": "你忘了说谢谢。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼女は職務を怠ったため解雇された。",
        "zh": "她因玩忽职守被解雇。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/ca8c4f4dbf",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1410710; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "b0a3c131403f6161478d724cce2ca4dddb03bdc790776005372e6555305f8ede"
  }
}