Last Updated :2025/12/23

道草

Hiragana
みちくさをくう
Kanji
道草を食う
Verb
Japanese Meaning
道草を食う:目的地へ向かう途中で、寄り道をしたり立ち止まったりして時間をむだに過ごすこと。 / 本来すべきことを後回しにして、関係のないことに時間を費やすこと。 / ぐずぐずして進行が遅れること。先へ進まずに立ち止まっていること。
Easy Japanese Meaning
みちでむだなことをしておそくなる
Chinese (Simplified)
在途中耽搁 / 磨蹭拖延 / 走走停停而误时
What is this buttons?

He often wastes time on the way to school.

Chinese (Simplified) Translation

他上学的路上经常耽搁。

What is this buttons?
Sense(1)

to waste time on the way

Sense(2)

to take too long

Sense(3)

dawdle

canonical

romanization

stem

past

table-tags

inflection-template

imperfective stem

imperfective stem

imperfective

continuative stem

continuative stem

continuative

stem terminative

stem terminative

terminative

attributive stem

attributive stem

attributive

hypothetical stem

hypothetical stem

hypothetical

imperative literary stem

colloquial imperative stem

imperative literary stem

colloquial imperative stem

imperative literary

colloquial imperative

passive

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causative

causative

causative

causative

causative

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potential

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volitional

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continuative negative

continuative negative

continuative negative

formal

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perfective

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perfective

conjunctive

conjunctive

conjunctive

conditional hypothetical

conditional hypothetical

conditional hypothetical

Quizzes for review

to waste time on the way / to take too long / dawdle

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道草

彼は学校に行く途中でよく道草を食べます。

See correct answer

He often wastes time on the way to school.

He often wastes time on the way to school.

See correct answer

彼は学校に行く途中でよく道草を食べます。

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