“A different language is a different vision of life.” -Federico Fellini

 

 

Hi everyone,

Hope you are having a great weekend. My boys are finishing up their spring break this weekend, and I am ready for them to go back to school. We had a nice quality time with family this week, but too much of staying home together is sometimes no good. They are ready to go back to their routine of school and sports. I can’t wait until Monday when we are all back to our busy schedule.

One of the things I had to remind them was their homework! Of course they had procrastinated to work on them until now, so they are now struggling to finish them by Sunday night. I knew this was going to happen, but why again? Seems like this has been the pattern that has been happening to my boys, which I don’t like it at all.

 

So, here are some of the useful expressions for a situation like above.

To Procrastinate =>

guzuguzu suru (ぐずぐず　する)

hikinobasu (引き延ばす、ひきのばす)

atomawashi ni suru (後回しに　する、　あとまわしにする)

enki suru (延期する、えんきする)

saki nobashi ni suru (先延ばしにする、さきのばしにする)

 

There are many ways of saying “procrastination” in Japanese. Below are some of the examples:

 

Stop procrastinating on your homework!

Shukudai o atomawashi ni surunowa yamete!

宿題を　後回しに　するのは　やめて。

しゅくだいを　を　あとまわしにするのは　やめて

 

I know I am a procrastinator.

Bokuwa nandemo sakinobashi ni suru taipu nano wa wakatteru yo.

僕は　何でも　先延ばしに　する　タイプなのは　分かってるよ。

ぼくは　なんでも　さきのばしに　する　たいぷなのは　わかってるよ。

 

Why do you always procrastinate your homework ?

Nande itsumo shukudai o atomawashi ni suruno?

何で　いつも　宿題を　後回しに　するの？

なんで　いつも　しゅくだいを　あとまわしに　するの？

 

Next time I won’t procrastinate!

Tsugi wa guzuguzu shinai kara!

次は　ぐずぐず　しないから！

つぎは　ぐずぐず　しないから！

 

As I was complaining to my boys about how much they had procrastinated on their homework, I realized that I also procrastinated on working my blog article. I am just as guilty as them. Tsugi kara wa automatashi ni sezu, hayame ni kakimasu. (次からは　後回しにせず、早めに書きます！つぎからは、あとまわしにせず　はやめに　かきます。)