うざい

also: うぜえ

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うざい · i-adjective

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	うざい	うざくない
Polite	うざいです	うざくないですalso うざくありません
Past polite	うざかったです	うざくなかったですalso うざくありませんでした
Past	うざかった	うざくなかった
Te-form	うざくて	うざくなくて
Adverbial	うざく
Conditional	うざければ	うざくなければ
Tara conditional	うざかったら	うざくなかったら

Meanings

i-adjective

annoying; irritating; noisy

colloquial

Casual, often blunt adjective for something or someone that is bothersome, irritating, or gets on one's nerves. Common in informal speech among younger speakers.

あの人ひとの話はなし方かた、うざいんだよね。
That person's way of talking is really annoying.
毎まい日にち同おなじ広こう告こくが出でてきてうざい。
The same ad pops up every day and it's irritating.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉がうざい[someone] is annoying
あの先せん輩ぱい、いつも説せっ教きょうしてきてうざい。
That senior is annoying, always lecturing me.
〈事こと〉がうざい[a situation/thing] is annoying
この宿しゅく題だい、多おおすぎてうざい。
This homework is annoying because there's so much of it.
うざくてしょうがないunbearably annoying
毎まい日にち電でん話わしてくるのがうざくてしょうがない。
It's unbearably annoying that he calls me every day.

Related words

うるさいN5
うるさい is the standard word for 'noisy' or 'fussy', while うざい is slangier and focuses purely on being annoying rather than literal loudness.
めんどくさいN3
めんどくさい describes something troublesome or a hassle, while うざい expresses irritation at a person or thing getting on one's nerves.
うっとうしいN2
鬱陶しい is a more standard, slightly literary word for something gloomy or annoying, while うざい is casual slang used mostly by younger speakers.

Written forms

うざいUsage45%
Standard hiragana spelling; the most common written form.
ウザイUsage34%
Katakana spelling often used for emphasis or in casual writing.
ウザいUsage21%
Mixed katakana-hiragana spelling, also seen in casual contexts.

Etymology

A colloquial shortening of うざったい “annoying, troublesome.” The longer adjective is associated with the expressive word うざうざ, describing something bothersome or persistently irritating.