Japanese

Noun

優柔不断 ‎(hiragana ゆうじゅうふだん, romaji yūjū fudan)

1. indecision; indecisiveness

Adjectival noun

優柔不断 ‎(-na inflection, hiragana ゆうじゅうふだん, romaji yūjū fudan)

1. indecisive; undetermined; shilly-shally
   • 2000 September 18, Shinobu Inokuma, “雨あめのち… [After the Rain…]”, in サラダデイズ [Salad Days], volume 11 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Shogakukan, ISBN 4-09-126091-8, page 110:

     俺 (おれ)は別 (べつ)にいいけど…キミ、学 (がっ)校 (こう)で「知 (し)らない人 (ひと)について行 (い)っちゃダメ」とか、教 (おそ)わんなかった？

     Ore wa betsu ni ii kedo… Kimi, gakkō de “shiranai hito ni tsuite itcha dame” to ka, osowan nakatta?

     Fine by me… But haven't you been taught at school that "you shouldn't go anywhere with strangers"?

     子 (ガ)供 (キ)扱 (あつか)いしないで‼　ちゃんと人 (ひと)を見 (み)る目 (め)くらい持 (も)ってるつもりなんだから‼　あなたはいい人 (ひと)‼　ついでに小 (しょう)心 (しん)者 (もの)で優 (ゆう)柔 (じゅう)不 (ふ)断 (だん)で足 (あし)がクサイって感 (かん)じ？

     Gaki atsukai shinai de‼ Chanto hito o mirumekurai motteru tsumori nan da kara‼ Anata wa ii hito‼ Tsui de ni shōshinmono de yūjū fudan de ashi ga kusaitte kanji?

     Don't treat me like a brat‼ I have keen eyes for good people‼ You're a good person‼ But at the same time, you're timid and shilly-shally when it comes to expressing your feelings, am I right?

     こっ…こンのガキャア‼

     Koh… konno gakyaa‼

     Y… You little brat‼

Inflection