Japanese

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Etymology

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From もた (mota) + つく (-tsuku).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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もたつく (motatsukuもたつく (motatuku)?godan (stem もたつき (motatsuki), past もたついた (motatsuita))

  1. (intransitive) to proceed slowly; to make poor progress

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN