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Movement & Speed

のたのた

nota-nota

Crawling sluggishly

Moving extremely slowly and clumsily, like a slug or someone barely able to walk. Conveys pathetic slowness.

💡A drunk person trying to walk home — 'He was moving nota-nota down the sidewalk.'

Example

カタツムリがのたのたと進んでいる。

The snail is crawling nota-nota along.

Quiz yourself

After eating too much, I ___ dragged myself to the couch.

食べ過ぎて○○とソファまで這っていった。

crawlingsluggishslowclumsypathetic
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