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だるさん【怠さん・懈さん】

darusan

Pronunciation: [daɾusaŋ̍]

Definition

Sa-Adjective

  1. Tired; fatigued; worn-out; exhausted
    1. みーだるさん【目だるさん
      mii darusan
      "(My) eyes are tired"
    2. ふぃさだるさん
      fisa darusan
      "(My) legs are exhausted"

Etymology

Cognate with standard Japanese だるい【怠い・懈い】 darui "tired, sluggish".

Spelling

OrthographyForm
Kanji怠さん
懈さん
Kanaだるさん
Romanizationdarusan
Pronunciation (IPA)[daɾusaŋ̍]

Verb Paradigm

Central Okinawan sa (ku)-type adjective: darusan

 

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative Perfective

Indicative

PRED

darusan

darusatan

darukoo neen,

darukoo neeran

darukoo neentan,

darukoo neerantan

ATT

darusaru

darusataru

darukoo neentaru,

darukoo neerantaru

Base forms

Form

Construction

Root

daru-

Dictionary

darusan

Attributive or Adnominal

darusaru

Apocopated (indicative imperfective)

darusa-

Noun form

darusa

Adverbial form

daruku

Topicalized adverbial form

darukoo

Topicalized adverbial form

darukoo

Conjunctive

darusati

Continuative

darusai

Conditional

darusaree

Provisional conditional

darusaraa

Consequential

darusanu

Common conjunctive constructions

Form

Construction

Concessive conditional

daruti-n

Common adverbial constructions

Form

Construction

To become...

daruku nain

Common apocopated constructions

Form

Construction

Concessive

darusa-shiga

Topicalized concessive

darusaa-a-shiga

Cause-effect

darusa-kutu

Nominalized

darusa-shi

Inferential

darusa sun

Questions

darusa-ga

Other constructions

Form

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative perfective

Polite

PRED

darusayabiyun†,
darusayabiin†,

darusaibiyun†,
darusaibiin

darusayabitan†,

darusaibitan

darukoo neeyabiran†,

darukoo neebiran

darukoo neeyabirantan†,

darukoo neebirantan

ATT

darusayabiyuru†,
darusayabiiru†,

darusaibiyuru†,
darusaibiiru

darusayabitaru,

darusaibitaru

darukoo neeyabirantaru†,

darukoo neebirantaru

Polar questions

PRED

darusami

darusatii

darukoo neeni,

darukoo neerani

darukoo neentii,

darukoo neerantii

Conjecture

PRED

darusan nee sun

darusatan nee sun

darukoo neen nee sun,

darukoo neeran nee sun

darukoo neentan nee sun,

darukoo neerantan nee sun

† These forms are considered literary.

Adjective paradigms are based off several sources including, but not limited to:

  • Funatsu, Yoshiaki. (1988). 美しい沖縄の方言①. [Utsukushii Okinawa no kotoba 1]. ISBN4-905784-19-0.
  • Sakihara, Mitsugu. (2006). Okinawan-English Wordbook. University of Hawai'i Press, Honolulu. ISBN: 0824831020.
  • Shizato, Rumiko and Iwasaki, Shoichi. (2024). Basic Okinawan: From Conversation to Grammar. University of Hawai'i Press, Honolulu. ISBN: 9780824893651.

意味:だるい【怠い・懈い】、つかれた【疲れた】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2026, June 21). だるさん【怠さん・懈さん】 : darusan | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2026, June 26, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/8016/darusan/.