What does the word 「のたのたして」mean? Here is the context including the word. I put the blank spaces according to the column line breaks. > **** For this word, I have no clue to guess at all what it should really mean.

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is a colloquial expression meaning " ** _to wander around idly_** ", " ** _to act in a highly unproductive manner_** ", etc.

It is in the "famous" verb pattern **onomatopoeia + ** .

> **_"What the heck! A big man (= grown man) drinking like a fish and wandering around idly under the broad daylight!"_**

The entire line is in the quintessential Kanto masculine colloquial speech.

Note it is (pi), not .