ダ埼玉

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
さい
Grade: 4
たま
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
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Etymology

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Attested since the 1980s.

Blend of ダサい (dasai, uncool) +‎ 埼玉 (Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, or the titular capital before 2001), often attributed to Japanese comedian Tamori (Kazuyoshi Morita).

Proper noun

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(さい)(たま) (Dasaitama

  1. (slang, derogatory) Synonym of 埼玉 (Saitama): Saitama Prefecture
    • 1992, Aiko Sato, Rōhei wa shinazu [Old soldiers don’t die][1]:
      (とう)(きょう)というのはダサイとこだ…ダサイ文化(ぶんか)(しょう)(ちゅう)(ささ)えている。その(みなもと)(さい)(たま)にある」というようなものだそう
      “Tōkyō to iu no wa dasai toko da… dasai bunka ga shōchū o sasaete-iru. Sono minamoto wa Dasaitama ni aru” to iu yō na mono da sō
      They say, “Tokyo is a dasai place... dasai culture supports shochu. The fountainhead is in Dasai-tama.”
  2. (slang, derogatory) Synonym of さいたま (Saitama): the titular capital of Saitama Prefecture
    • 2013, Shigenori Yamanaka, Kore de ii no ka? Saitama-ken[2], page 50:
      1988(せんきゅうひゃくはちじゅうはち)(ねん)(かい)(きょく)(とう)()、エフエム(さい)(たま)()()っていた F(エフ)M(エム) (ほう)(そう)(きょく)は、「(さい)(たま)のラジオ(きょく)」という(いん)(しょう)(あた)えるとでも(おも)ったのか、 2001(にせんいち)(ねん)に「(さい)(たま)」をなくして、もともとの(あい)(しょう)であったヨコ()() (というかアルファベットだけど) の NACK(ナック) 5(ファイブ)(めい)(しょう)(へん)(こう)された。
      Senkyūhyakuhachijūhachi-nen no kaikyoku tōji, Efuemu Saitama o nanotte-ita efuemu hōsōkyoku wa,“Dasaitama no rajio kyoku” to iu inshō o ataeru to demo omotta no ka, nisen'ichi-nen ni “Saitama” o nakushite, motomoto no aishō deatta yoko moji (to iu ka arufabetto dake do) no Nakku Faibu to meishō henkō sareta.
      When it began broadcasting in 1988 FM Saitama was labeled “Dasai-tama radio station”, but in 2001 when Saitama dropped its kanji spelling the station name was changed to Nack5, originally a nickname, written horizontally (in Latin characters).