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えげつない (egetsunai) Japanese meaning: dirty | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation えげつない · i-adjective
Form Positive Negative Dictionary えげつない えげつなくない Polite えげつないです えげつなくないです also えげつなくありません Past polite えげつなかったです えげつなくなかったです also えげつなくありませんでした Past えげつなかった えげつなくなかった Te-form えげつなくて えげつなくなくて Adverbial えげつなく Conditional えげつなければ えげつなくなければ Tara conditional えげつなかったら えげつなくなかったら
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That player's play is dirty.
His jokes are always so vulgar that people around him are put off.
Usage patterns えげつないことを 言い う to say something nasty/vicious
He said something really nasty in front of everyone.
えげつない 手て を 使つか う to use dirty/underhanded tactics
That company used dirty tactics to crush its competitor.
〈 人ひと 〉 のやり 方かた がえげつない someone's methods are nasty/underhanded
His methods were criticized as being underhanded and nasty.
Related words 汚い is a general word for physical or moral dirtiness, while えげつない specifically conveys a shocking, underhanded, or mean-spirited quality.
下品 is a calmer, more descriptive word for vulgarity, whereas えげつない carries a stronger emotional charge of disgust or shock.
悪質 is a formal term for maliciously bad quality (often of acts or products), while えげつない is a colloquial word focused on the shocking, distasteful feel of something.
卑劣 emphasizes cowardly or contemptible underhandedness, while えげつない is broader and more colloquial, covering anything shockingly nasty.
Written forms えげつない Usage 85%
Standard kana spelling; no kanji form exists.
エゲツない Usage 15%
Katakana variant used for emphasis or in casual writing.
Etymology The origin is uncertain. It may be related to the Kansai dialect word えげつ (meaning 'dirty' or 'nasty'), but the exact derivation is unclear.
