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意地汚い (いじきたない) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
i-adjective
gluttonous ; greedy ; covetous
Describes a person who is shamelessly greedy, especially about food, or who shows an unseemly desire for more than their share. Often carries a negative, critical tone.
そんな
意い
地じ
汚きたな
い
真似まね
は
やめ
なさい
。
Stop that greedy behavior.
Written forms 意地汚い
いじきたない
Standard kanji spelling.
いじぎたない rarely-used kana form
いじぎたない
Kanji 汚 dirty, pollute, disgrace Similar words 欲よく 張ば り 欲張り is a more general term for greed or avarice, while 意地汚い specifically implies a shameless, often food-related greediness with a stronger negative nuance.
食く い 意い 地じ が 張は っている A phrase meaning 'to be gluttonous' or 'to have a strong appetite for food', similar in meaning but more colloquial and focused on eating habits.
Etymology Compound of 意地 (いじ, 'disposition') and 汚い (きたない, 'dirty'), literally meaning 'dirty-minded' or 'base-natured', which developed into the sense of shameless greed.
