うざったい
Japanese
[edit]| Alternative spelling |
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| ウザッタい |
Etymology
[edit]Compound of root *うざ (uza, as in adverb うざうざ (uzauza, evocative of lots of small things gathered and moving about in a place: “wrigglingly, writhingly, crawlingly”, or of the sound that might be made from this: “chatteringly, chitteringly, susurratingly)) + たい (tai, adjective-forming suffix derived from いたい (itai, “painful”)). Likely originated in the Edo (now Tokyo) area and then spread. Also compare うざ (uza) to うるさい (urusai, “annoying”).
The first citation for うざったい (uzattai) is currently unclear, but this likely arose around the same time as synonym and related term うざっこい (uzakkoi), which is first cited to 1770.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]うざったい or ウザッタい • (uzattai) -i (adverbial うざったく (uzattaku))
- (slang) noisy, annoying, irritating
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of うざったい
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | うざったかろ | uzattakaro | |
| Continuative (連用形) | うざったく | uzattaku | |
| Terminal (終止形) | うざったい | uzattai | |
| Attributive (連体形) | うざったい | uzattai | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | うざったけれ | uzattakere | |
| Imperative (命令形) | うざったかれ | uzattakare | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Informal negative | うざったくない | uzattaku nai | |
| Informal past | うざったかった | uzattakatta | |
| Informal negative past | うざったくなかった | uzattaku nakatta | |
| Formal | うざったいです | uzattai desu | |
| Formal negative | うざったくないです | uzattaku nai desu | |
| Formal past | うざったかったです | uzattakatta desu | |
| Formal negative past | うざったくなかったです | uzattaku nakatta desu | |
| Conjunctive | うざったくて | uzattakute | |
| Conditional | うざったければ | uzattakereba | |
| Provisional | うざったかったら | uzattakattara | |
| Volitional | うざったかろう | uzattakarō | |
| Adverbial | うざったく | uzattaku | |
| Degree | うざったさ | uzattasa | |
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- うざい (uzai, shortening)
References
[edit]- ^ “うざっこい”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kenbou, Hidetoshi et al., editors (2021), 三省堂国語辞典 [Sanseidō kokugo jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- "Uzattai" entry at the 語源由来辞典 (Gogen Yurai Jiten, “Etymology Derivation Dictionary”, in Japanese)