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Formation: N + だらけ; N + だらけの + N; N + だらけだ／だらけで／だらけになる

〜だらけ says that something is covered with, or full of, a large amount of something. The something is usually unpleasant (泥, 傷, ほこり, 血). It also works for abstract things (間違いだらけ, 矛盾だらけ, 分からないことだらけ). It is common in speech and also appears in writing, and it usually sounds negative. Compare 〜まみれ: まみれ describes a surface smeared with liquid or fine material (汗まみれ, 泥まみれ), so it cannot be used for things that are merely numerous, such as mistakes. Compare 〜ずくめ: ずくめ means "nothing but" and can be positive (いいことずくめ, 黒ずくめ).

Variants: だらけの、だらけで、だらけになる

Examples

• 子どもたちは泥だらけになって遊んでいた。
  The children were playing and getting covered in mud.
• この報告書は間違いだらけで、とても提出できない。
  This report is full of mistakes; there's no way it can be submitted.
• 初めての海外生活は、分からないことだらけだった。
  My first experience of living abroad was full of things I didn't understand.

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