N21313/1725

のろのろ

onomatopoeic or mimetic wordadverbadverb taking the と particlenoun or participle taking the aux. verb するverb (generic)noun (generic)

Meanings

slowly, sluggishly

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Example sentences

車くるまが渋滞じゅうたいでのろのろ進すすんでいる。

The car is moving slowly due to traffic.

彼かれはいつものろのろと仕事しごとをするので、上司じょうしに怒おこられた。

He was scolded by his boss because he always works so sluggishly.

のろのろしていると電車でんしゃに乗のり遅おくれるよ。

If you dawdle like that, you'll miss the train.

台風たいふうの影響えいきょうで、工事こうじがのろのろとしか進すすまなかった。

Due to the typhoon's impact, the construction could only proceed at a snail's pace.

高齢こうれいの亀かめがのろのろと池いけの端はしを歩あるいていた。

An elderly turtle was slowly plodding along the edge of the pond.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)