でれでれ

Japanese

This term is part of a cluster of terms surrounding a root でれ (dere, “slovenliness? sloppiness? shamefulness?”) that is not attested on its own.

Further derivation is uncertain. Possibly related to noun 照れ (tere, “embarrassment, ashamedness, bashfulness”), from verb 照れる (tereru, “to be embarrassed, ashamed, bashful”).

でれでれ or デレデレ • (deredere)

slovenly, sloppily, in the manner of a slob
swooningly, fawningly, schmoozingly, flirtingly (especially regarding a man's behavior towards women)

でれでれする or デレデレする • (deredere suru) suru (stem でれでれし (deredere shi), past でれでれした (deredere shita))

to be slovenly, to be sloppy, to be a slob
to schmooze, to flirt, to fawn, to be soft on women (especially regarding a man's behavior towards women)

Conjugation of "デレデレする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	デレデレし	てれでれし	teredere shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	デレデレし	てれでれし	teredere shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	デレデレする	てれでれする	teredere suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	デレデレする	てれでれする	teredere suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	デレデレすれ	てれでれすれ	teredere sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	デレデレせよ¹ デレデレしろ²	てれでれせよ¹ てれでれしろ²	teredere seyo¹ teredere shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	デレデレされる	てれでれされる	teredere sareru
Causative	デレデレさせるデレデレさす	てれでれさせるてれでれさす	teredere saseru teredere sasu
Potential	デレデレできる	てれでれできる	teredere dekiru
Volitional	デレデレしよう	てれでれしよう	teredere shiyō
Negative	デレデレしない	てれでれしない	teredere shinai
Negative continuative	デレデレせず	てれでれせず	teredere sezu
Formal	デレデレします	てれでれします	teredere shimasu
Perfective	デレデレした	てれでれした	teredere shita
Conjunctive	デレデレして	てれでれして	teredere shite
Hypothetical conditional	デレデレすれば	てれでれすれば	teredere sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN