うざい

Japanese

Alternative spelling
ウザい

Etymology

Shortening of うざったい (uzattai), arising in the Tama area of Tokyo in the 1930s.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) うざい [ùzáꜜì] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟za̠i]

Adjective

うざい or ウザい • (uzai) -i (adverbial うざく (uzaku))

  1. [from 1930s] (slang) noisy; annoying, irritating, pissing one off
    顔(かお)がうざい
    kao ga uzai
    making a face that pisses me off

Inflection

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

References

  1. ^ “うざい”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months

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