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じゃかあしい

also: じゃかしい · じゃかましい · じゃっかましい · じゃっかあしい · じゃっかしい · じゃかーし

Meanings

1

interjection

be quiet!; shut up!

Kansai dialect interjection, equivalent to standard うるさい or やかましい. Used to tell someone to be quiet, often in a rough or emphatic tone.

See also: やかましい

じゃかあしい！ちょっと黙だまってくれへんか。
Shut up! Can't you be quiet for a moment?
もう、じゃかしいなあ。静しずかにしてよ。
Geez, you're so noisy. Be quiet, will you?

Written forms

じゃかしい
Variant without the long vowel, also used in Kansai-ben.
じゃかましい
Another common variant; closer to the standard やかましい.

Similar words

やかましい
Standard Japanese equivalent meaning 'noisy' or 'strict'; じゃかあしい is the Kansai dialect version used as an interjection.
うるさい
Common standard word for 'noisy' or 'annoying'; じゃかあしい is more dialectal and often used as a direct 'shut up'.

Etymology

Kansai dialect variation of やかましい, with the initial consonant shift from 'y' to 'j' and vowel lengthening typical of the region.