うざい
Japanese
[edit]| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| ウザい |
Etymology
[edit]Shortening of うざったい (uzattai), arising in the Tama area of Tokyo in the 1930s.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]うざい or ウザい • (uzai) -i (adverbial うざく (uzaku))
- [from 1930s] (slang) noisy; annoying, irritating, pissing one off
- 顔がうざい
- kao ga uzai
- making a face that pisses me off
- 顔がうざい
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of うざい
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | うざかろ | uzakaro | |
| Continuative (連用形) | うざく | uzaku | |
| Terminal (終止形) | うざい | uzai | |
| Attributive (連体形) | うざい | uzai | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | うざけれ | uzakere | |
| Imperative (命令形) | うざかれ | uzakare | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Informal negative | うざくない | uzaku nai | |
| Informal past | うざかった | uzakatta | |
| Informal negative past | うざくなかった | uzaku nakatta | |
| Formal | うざいです | uzai desu | |
| Formal negative | うざくないです | uzaku nai desu | |
| Formal past | うざかったです | uzakatta desu | |
| Formal negative past | うざくなかったです | uzaku nakatta desu | |
| Conjunctive | うざくて | uzakute | |
| Conditional | うざければ | uzakereba | |
| Provisional | うざかったら | uzakattara | |
| Volitional | うざかろう | uzakarō | |
| Adverbial | うざく | uzaku | |
| Degree | うざさ | uzasa | |
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “うざい”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen][1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
Further reading
[edit]- "Uzai" entry at the 語源由来辞典 (Gogen Yurai Jiten, “Etymology Derivation Dictionary”, in Japanese)