懈け怠たい

also: かいたい · けだい · げたい

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Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

laziness; indolence; negligence

General term for laziness or neglect of duties. Often used in formal or written contexts.

彼かれの懈け怠たいが原げん因いんでプロジェクトが遅おくれた。
The project was delayed due to his negligence.

職しょく

務む

を

懈け

怠たい

し

て

は

なら

ない

。

You must not neglect your duties.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

misfeasance; nonfeasance; laches

law

Only with reading けたい / かいたい

Legal term for improper performance or failure to perform a duty. Reading かいたい is especially common.

公こう務む員いんの懈け怠たいが訴そ訟しょうの対たい象しょうとなった。
The public official's misfeasance became the subject of a lawsuit.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

kausidya (Buddhist laziness)

Buddhism

Only with reading けたい / けだい / げたい

Buddhist term for spiritual sloth or indolence, one of the mental hindrances. Reading けだい is especially common.

懈け怠たいは仏ぶっ教きょうにおいて修しゅ行ぎょうの妨さまたげとされる。
Kausidya is considered an obstacle to practice in Buddhism.

Written forms

懈怠Usage100%
- けたい
  Standard kanji spelling; most common reading is けたい.
- けだい
- げたい
- かいたい
かいたい
Reading used especially in legal contexts for misfeasance/nonfeasance.
けだい
Reading used especially in Buddhist context for kausidya.
げたい
Alternate reading in Buddhist context.

Kanji

懈laziness
怠neglect, laziness

Similar words

怠たい惰だ
怠惰 is a more common word for laziness or sloth, while 懈怠 is more formal and often used in legal or Buddhist contexts.
怠たい慢まん
怠慢 also means negligence, but 懈怠 carries a stronger nuance of failing to fulfill a duty, especially in legal or official settings.

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 懈怠 (kɛːX dʌiH, “lazy, negligent”). The kanji 懈 means 'lazy, negligent' and 怠 means 'idle, neglect'. The reading けたい is the standard Sino-Japanese on'yomi.