How to say neglect in Japanese

なおざりnaozari☆・とうかんtoukan《等閑》 Inflection

noun / adjectival noun:

  • neglect; negligence; disregard; making light of

Example Sentences

ただしtadashi、学生gakuseiのno本分honbunはha学業gakugyouですからdesukara、期末kimatsuテストTESUTOをwoおろそかにしたらorosokanishitaraメッME！ですdesuよyo？
However, the duty of a student is to study. So if you neglect the end of term test, that's a "no!".
部屋heyaはhaほったらかしhottarakashiのnoままmamaだったdatta。
The room was in a state of neglect.
彼女kanojoはha怠慢taimanというtoiu理由riyuuでde解雇kaikoされたsareta。
She was dismissed on the grounds of neglect of duty.
彼らkareraはha自分jibunたちtachiのno義務gimuをwoなおざりnaozariにはnihaしなかったshinakatta。
They didn't neglect their own duty.
彼kareはha私watashiがga義務gimuをwo怠ったokotatta事kotoをwo非難hinanしたshita。
He criticized me for neglecting my duty.

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