JLPT N3 · Mimetic words: how things are done

ぐずぐず

dawdling

Stroke order of ぐずぐず

4 characters, 16 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

ぐ · 3 strokes ず · 5 strokes ぐ · 3 strokes ず · 5 strokes

Memory trick

GUZU-GUZU — 'goose, goose' waddles slowly, dawdling.

Parts: Mimetic adverb; hesitating or slow; with する.

The characters in ぐずぐず

ぐぐ — gu (3 strokes)
ずず — zu (5 strokes)
ぐぐ — gu (3 strokes)
ずず — zu (5 strokes)

Example sentence

ぐずぐずしないで早く来て。

ぐずぐずしないではやくきて。

Don't dawdle, come quickly.

More words: Mimetic words: how things are done

ゆったりloose; comfortable こっそりsecretly; on the sly ぎりぎりjust barely; at the last minute ぎっしりtightly packed たっぷりplenty; generously きちんとproperly; neatly さっさとquickly; promptly てきぱきbriskly; efficiently だらだらsluggishly; dragging on ごちゃごちゃmessy; cluttered すらすらsmoothly; fluently じっくりcarefully; thoroughly

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