Working with such a messy attitude... if Haruka-bucho saw you, she would definitely be furious.
📖 Explanation & Nuance
The grammar pattern '〜だらけ' (darake) means 'full of' or 'covered with,' used when a surface or state is covered in something negative (e.g., mud, dust, mistakes, or messy attitudes). 💖 Haruka's Voice: 'What do you mean, you are covered in mistakes?! Check your work three... no, ten times before showing it to me! I'm not doing this because I care about your progress, okay?!'
「〜だらけ」は、「良くないものや汚いものがたくさんある、そればかりである」状態を表します。名詞に直接接続します（例：泥だらけ、間違いだらけ）。💖ハルカ部長の怒声：『何よ、間違いだらけの報告書を出して！私に見せる前に3回...ううん、10回は見直しなさい！べ、別にあんたの成長が楽しみだから言ってるんじゃないんだからね！』
📝 Example Sentence
そんなだらしない態度「だらけ」で仕事をするなんて、ハルカ部長が見たら絶対に怒るぞ。
Working with such a messy attitude... if Haruka-bucho saw you, she would definitely be furious.
Practice Quiz
Verify your grammar strength for "〜だらけ"
Explanation (EN): The grammar pattern '〜だらけ' (darake) means 'full of' or 'covered with,' used when a surface or state is covered in something negative (e.g., mud, dust, mistakes, or messy attitudes). 💖 Haruka's Voice: 'What do you mean, you are covered in mistakes?! Check your work three... no, ten times before showing it to me! I'm not doing this because I care about your progress, okay?!'\n\nCommon Mistakes:\n❌ がち: 'がち' attaches to verb stems or certain nouns to show a negative tendency. But when describing a surface or state covered completely in negative things (like a messy attitude), 'だらけ' is the perfect match!\n❌ っぽい: 'っぽい' means '-ish' or 'seems like' (e.g. childish '子供っぽい'). Saying '態度っぽい' means 'seems like an attitude', which doesn't capture the state of being filled with messiness!\n❌ 気味: '気味' expresses a slight feeling of a state (like feeling a bit cold '風邪気味'). 'だらけ' describes being completely filled/covered with a negative state.
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