だらだら

Japanese

Etymology

Probably onomatopoeia. Also appears to be related to classical verb 垂る (taru), modern 垂れる (tareru, “to hang down, like a droplet or loose string; to droop; to flow slowly, to drip”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

だらだら (rōmaji daradara)

  1. (onomatopoeia) pouringly, drippingly
  2. sluggishly, taking a long time
  3. in an idling manner
  4. going on and on when speaking

Usage notes

Followed by the adverbial particle と (to), or by the perfective form した (shita) of verb する (suru, “to do”).

Verb

だらだらする (intransitive, rōmaji daradara suru)

  1. (onomatopoeia) to pour, to drip
  2. to be sluggish, to take a long time, to dawdle
  3. to idle about
  4. to go on and on when speaking

Conjugation
Conjugation of "だらだらする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) だらだらし だらだらし daradara shi
Continuative (連用形) だらだらし だらだらし daradara shi
Terminal (終止形) だらだらする だらだらする daradara suru
Attributive (連体形) だらだらする だらだらする daradara suru
Hypothetical (仮定形) だらだらすれ だらだらすれ daradara sure
Imperative (命令形) だらだらせよ¹
だらだらしろ²		 だらだらせよ¹
だらだらしろ²		 daradara seyo¹
daradara shiro²
Key constructions
Passive だらだらされる だらだらされる daradara sareru
Causative だらだらさせる
だらだらさす		 だらだらさせる
だらだらさす		 daradara saseru
daradara sasu
Potential だらだらできる だらだらできる daradara dekiru
Volitional だらだらしよう だらだらしよう daradara shiyō
Negative だらだらしない だらだらしない daradara shinai
Negative continuative だらだらせず だらだらせず daradara sezu
Formal だらだらします だらだらします daradara shimasu
Perfective だらだらした だらだらした daradara shita
Conjunctive だらだらして だらだらして daradara shite
Hypothetical conditional だらだらすれば だらだらすれば daradara sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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