のんびり

のんびり · nonbiri · JLPT N3 · adverb

at leisure

🐢 Sounds like non-busy: nothing on, no hurry

Nonbiri sounds close to non-busy, a day with nothing scheduled. It belongs to the family of mimetic words ending in ri, like yukkuri (slowly), where the sound itself describes the mood. Example: のんびりする = to take it easy.

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