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Movement & Speed

よたよた

yota-yota

Tottering, wobbling weakly

Walking unsteadily and weakly — an elderly person shuffling along, someone exhausted barely making it, more feeble than yoro-yoro.

💡An exhausted hiker — 'He yota-yota made it to the summit.'

Example

疲れてよたよた歩いた。

Exhausted, he yota-yota walked along.

Quiz yourself

After the marathon, she ___ walked to the rest area.

マラソンの後、○○休憩所まで歩いた。

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