怠ける (Namakeru) is a Japanese ichidan verb meaning “to be lazy, to be idle, to slack, to neglect (e.g. one's work)”.
Meanings
- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto be lazy; to be idle; to slack
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto neglect (e.g. one's work); to be neglectful of; to skip (e.g. school)
Examples
怠けてはいけない。
You don't want to be lazy.
彼は決して怠けない。
He is never lazy.
彼は勉強を怠けている。
He is lazy in his study.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).