Japanese with Manga

Filled with carelessness with 〜だらけ

Grammar Explanation: Covered in with 〜だらけ

Manga panel from それでも歩は寄せてくる showing example of Filled with carelessness with 〜だらけ.
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Realizing Urushi is hiding in a box to try and scare him, Ayumu sits with his back to the box.

歩(あゆむ):
「どうですか？油断(ゆだん)だらけのこの背中(せなか)…」
“How is it? This back filled with carelessness.”
Literal: “How is it? This back covered in carelessness...”

Key Points

1油断(ゆだん)だらけ means full of openings
  • 〜だらけ attaches to a noun and means covered in or full of something undesirable.
  • 油断(ゆだん) is carelessness or having one’s guard down, so Ayumu presents his back as deliberately full of vulnerability.
2油断(ゆだん)だらけの modifies この背中(せなか)
  • The structure is [noun + だらけ] の [noun].
  • Here 油断(ゆだん)だらけの describes この背中(せなか), “this back full of careless openings”.
  • どうですか is bait in polite form

Vocabulary

(Carelessness)

油断(ゆだん) means letting down one’s guard or becoming carelessly inattentive.

(This)

この means “this” or “these” and comes directly before a noun. It points to something near the speaker or something the speaker is referring to in the conversation.

(Back)

背中(せなか) means the back of a person’s or animal’s body. It commonly refers to the area from the shoulders down toward the waist.

See Also

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