うざったい

Japanese

Alternative spelling
ウザッタい

Etymology

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

Adjective

うざったい or ウザッタい • (uzattai) -i (adverbial うざったく (uzattaku))

  1. (slang) noisy, annoying, irritating

Inflection

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

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “うざっこい”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kenbou, Hidetoshi et al., editors (2021), 三省堂国語辞典 [Sanseidō kokugo jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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