slack off

namakeru

meaning: slack off

state

feeling

direction

examples

最近さいきんあさ掃除そうじをちょっとなまけてる。

saikin, asa no souji o chotto namaketeru.

I've been slacking off on the morning cleaning a bit lately. casual

新人しんじんのころから、かれ一度いちどなまけませんでした。

shinjin no koro kara, kare wa ichido mo namakemasen deshita.

From his first days as a rookie, he never once slacked off. neutral