JLPT N3 · Mimetic words: how things are done

だらだら

sluggishly; dragging on

Stroke order of だらだら

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

だ · 6 strokes ら · 2 strokes だ · 6 strokes ら · 2 strokes

Memory trick

DARA-DARA — 'Dara' lazily lounges on the sofa.

Parts: Mimetic adverb; lazy or dragging on.

The characters in だらだら

だだ — da (6 strokes)
らら — ra (2 strokes)
だだ — da (6 strokes)
らら — ra (2 strokes)

Example sentence

休みの日はだらだら過ごす。

やすみのひはだらだらすごす。

On days off I laze around.

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 ぐずぐずdawdling ごちゃごちゃmessy; cluttered すらすらsmoothly; fluently じっくりcarefully; thoroughly

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