Last Updated :2026/01/07

たらいまわし

Kanji
たらい回し
Verb
transitive
Japanese Meaning
たらい回し:依頼・担当などを次々と他人や他部署に回して、なかなか本来の担当者に行き着かせないこと。
Easy Japanese Meaning
人をつぎつぎとべつのところへおくって、なかなかようけんをかいけつしないこと
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
把人或事务相互推给别人,使其被来回转送 / 在部门间踢皮球、推诿责任 / 将求助者或患者不断转介到其他单位
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
把人或案件在各部門間推來推去 / 將責任或處理對象輾轉轉交他人 / 一再轉介、不予實質處理
Korean Meaning
계속 이리저리 떠넘기다 / 여기저기로 돌려보내다 / 업무나 요청을 서로 떠넘기다
Vietnamese Meaning
đùn đẩy (ai/việc/hồ sơ) từ nơi/bộ phận này sang nơi/bộ phận khác / cho đi lòng vòng; gửi hết chỗ này tới chỗ khác / bắt chạy vòng vòng nhiều nơi
Tagalog Meaning
ipasa-pasa at paikot-ikot sa iba't ibang tao o opisina / ilipat-lipat sa iba sa halip na tulungan / ipasa ang responsibilidad sa iba-iba
What is this buttons?

Instead of solving the problem, he is just passing it around in circles.

Chinese (Simplified) Translation

他不是在解决问题,只是在把问题推来推去而已。

Chinese (Traditional) Translation

他不是解決問題,只是在把它推來推去而已。

Korean Translation

그는 문제를 해결하는 대신 그저 그것을 떠넘기고 있을 뿐이다.

Vietnamese Translation

Thay vì giải quyết vấn đề, anh ấy chỉ đang đẩy qua đẩy lại mà thôi.

Tagalog Translation

Sa halip na lutasin ang problema, pinapasa-pasa niya lang ito.

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(transitive) to pass on and send in circles

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imperfective stem

imperfective

continuative stem

continuative

stem terminative

terminative

attributive stem

attributive

hypothetical stem

hypothetical

imperative literary stem

colloquial imperative stem

imperative literary

colloquial imperative

passive

passive

causative

causative

causative

causative

potential

potential

volitional

volitional

negative

negative

continuative negative

continuative negative

formal

formal

perfective

perfective

conjunctive

conjunctive

conditional hypothetical

conditional hypothetical

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(transitive) to pass on and send in circles

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たらいまわし

彼は問題を解決する代わりに、ただそれをたらいまわしにしているだけだ。

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Instead of solving the problem, he is just passing it around in circles.

Instead of solving the problem, he is just passing it around in circles.

See correct answer

彼は問題を解決する代わりに、ただそれをたらいまわしにしているだけだ。

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