Translation guide
How to express 'nagging' in Japanese, from persistent complaining to mild pestering.
To describe someone who repeatedly complains, criticizes, or scolds, often in an annoying way.
Describes a person who is nagging or constantly complaining. Literally 'mouth-noisy'.
She is nagging.
A noun meaning nagging, scolding, or petty complaints. Often used with 言う.
My mother is always nagging.
An onomatopoeic phrase for nagging or scolding loudly and persistently.
My boss was nagging at me.
Similar to 口うるさい, meaning nagging or fault-finding.
That person is nagging.
To describe repeatedly asking someone to do something, often in an annoying way.
To persistently ask or pester someone to do something. しつこい means persistent/insistent.
He kept nagging me to do it.
Literally 'to say annoyingly', used for nagging or pestering.
Stop nagging me about my homework.
To pester or coax someone to do something, often used with children or in a pleading way.
To describe a persistent, mild discomfort or worry that won't go away.
A nagging pain. しつこい means persistent and annoying.
I have a nagging pain that won't go away.
A smoldering or nagging anxiety. くすぶる means to smolder or linger.
There's a nagging anxiety deep inside.
Nagging fatigue that doesn't go away. Literally 'fatigue that won't come off'.
I have a nagging fatigue built up.
口うるさい is an adjective describing a person's character, while 小言 is a noun for the act or content of nagging. You can say 小言を言う (to nag) but not 口うるさいを言う.
He is a nag.
He always nags.
There is no single Japanese word that covers all uses of 'nagging'. Avoid direct translations like ナッギング. Use context-appropriate expressions instead.
子供がおもちゃを買ってとせがんだ。
The child nagged me to buy a toy.