Memory phrase for the Kanji: 怠

怠

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Meaning be lazy, be bored, neglect, tedium, dullness

Pronunciation

TAI
okotaru, namakeru

Explanation

From top: platform 台 (nose ム over the mouth 口), heart 心

Mnemonic
 
If you only care about smells (= nose), food (= mouth) and feelings (= heart), you are lazy and negligent.

Radicals

台 platform
心 heartImage of a heart with coronary arteries.
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 Vocabulary

怠ける なまける  to be idle, to neglect
怠る おこたる  to neglect, to be off guard, to be feeling better
怠慢 たいまん  negligence, procrastination, carelessness

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