"もたもた" meaning in 日本語

See もたもた in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: [mo̞ta̠mo̞ta̠]
  1. (ときに「と」を後置して)物事の進行や人の動作が遅いさま。(ときに「と」を後置して)
    Sense id: ja-もたもた-ja-adv-N6gJIBCC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ぐずぐず Related terms: もたつく

Verb

IPA: [mo̞ta̠mo̞ta̠]
Forms: もたもた, [imperfective], [imperfective], [imperfective], [continuative], する [terminal], する [attributive], すれ [hypothetical], しろ [imperative], せよ [imperative], もたもたしない [negative], 未然形 + ない [negative], もたもたせず [negative, archaic], 未然形 + ず [negative, archaic], もたもたされる [active, passive, possibly, honorific], 未然形 + れる [active, passive, possibly, honorific], もたもたします [polite], 連用形 + ます [polite], もたもたした [past, completive], 連用形 + た [past, completive], もたもたする [definitive], 終止形のみ [definitive], もたもたすること [noun-from-verb], 連体形 + こと [noun-from-verb], もたもたすれば, 仮定形 + ば, もたもたしろ [imperative], もたもたせよ [imperative], 命令形のみ [imperative]
  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: ja-もたもた-ja-verb-47DEQpj8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語 オノマトペ",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語 副詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語 副詞 サ変動詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語 国際音声記号あり",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
  "pos_title": "副詞",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "もたつく"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "(ときに「と」を後置して)物事の進行や人の動作が遅いさま。(ときに「と」を後置して)"
      ],
      "id": "ja-もたもた-ja-adv-N6gJIBCC"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "form": "もたもた",
      "raw_tags": [
        "東京式"
      ],
      "roman": "[móꜜtàmòtà]",
      "tags": [
        "Atamadaka"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mo̞ta̠mo̞ta̠]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ぐずぐず"
    }
  ],
  "word": "もたもた"
}

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語 動詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語 動詞 サ変",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語 国際音声記号あり",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "もたもた",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用",
        "語幹"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "し",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "し",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "する",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "terminal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "する",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すれ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しろ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せよ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もたもたしない",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "未然形 + ない",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もたもたせず",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "未然形 + ず",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もたもたされる",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "passive",
        "possibly",
        "honorific"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "未然形 + れる",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "passive",
        "possibly",
        "honorific"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もたもたします",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形 + ます",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もたもたした",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "completive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形 + た",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "completive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もたもたする",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "終止形のみ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もたもたすること",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連体形 + こと",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もたもたすれば",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形",
        "仮定条件"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仮定形 + ば",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合",
        "仮定条件"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もたもたしろ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もたもたせよ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "命令形のみ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "動詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "id": "ja-もたもた-ja-verb-47DEQpj8",
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "form": "もたもた",
      "raw_tags": [
        "東京式"
      ],
      "roman": "[móꜜtàmòtà]",
      "tags": [
        "Atamadaka"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mo̞ta̠mo̞ta̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "もたもた"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "日本語",
    "日本語 オノマトペ",
    "日本語 副詞",
    "日本語 副詞 サ変動詞",
    "日本語 国際音声記号あり"
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
  "pos_title": "副詞",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "もたつく"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "(ときに「と」を後置して)物事の進行や人の動作が遅いさま。(ときに「と」を後置して)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "form": "もたもた",
      "raw_tags": [
        "東京式"
      ],
      "roman": "[móꜜtàmòtà]",
      "tags": [
        "Atamadaka"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mo̞ta̠mo̞ta̠]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ぐずぐず"
    }
  ],
  "word": "もたもた"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "日本語",
    "日本語 動詞",
    "日本語 動詞 サ変",
    "日本語 国際音声記号あり"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "もたもた",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用",
        "語幹"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "し",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "し",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "する",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "terminal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "する",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すれ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しろ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せよ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もたもたしない",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "未然形 + ない",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もたもたせず",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "未然形 + ず",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もたもたされる",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "passive",
        "possibly",
        "honorific"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "未然形 + れる",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "passive",
        "possibly",
        "honorific"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もたもたします",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形 + ます",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もたもたした",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "completive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形 + た",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "completive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もたもたする",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "終止形のみ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もたもたすること",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連体形 + こと",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もたもたすれば",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形",
        "仮定条件"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仮定形 + ば",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合",
        "仮定条件"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もたもたしろ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もたもたせよ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "命令形のみ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "動詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "form": "もたもた",
      "raw_tags": [
        "東京式"
      ],
      "roman": "[móꜜtàmòtà]",
      "tags": [
        "Atamadaka"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mo̞ta̠mo̞ta̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "もたもた"
}

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