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Movement & Speed

のそのそ

noso-noso

Lumbering, moving sluggishly

Walking slowly and heavily with no energy, like a large animal plodding along. Conveys laziness or heaviness.

💡Getting up reluctantly — 'He noso-noso got out of bed on Monday morning.'

Example

熊がのそのそと森の中を歩いている。

The bear walks noso-noso through the forest.

Quiz yourself

The bear lumbered ___ through the woods.

熊が森の中を○○歩いていた。

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