うざったい
Japanese
| Alternative spelling |
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| 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.
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
- IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝza̠t̚ta̠i]
Adjective
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
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
- うざい (uzai)
- うるさい (urusai)
- うざっこい (uzakkoi)
- 喧しい (yakamashii)
Derived terms
- うざい (uzai, shortening)
References
- “うざっこい”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
Further reading
- "Uzattai" entry at the 語源由来辞典 (Gogen Yurai Jiten, “Etymology Derivation Dictionary”, in Japanese)
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