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うざい Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
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.
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.
Written forms うざい Usage 45%
Standard hiragana spelling; the most common written form.
ウザイ Usage 34%
Katakana spelling often used for emphasis or in casual writing.
ウザい Usage 21%
Mixed katakana-hiragana spelling, also seen in casual contexts.
Similar words うるさい うるさい is a standard adjective meaning 'noisy' or 'fussy', while うざい is slangier and focuses on annoyance rather than literal loudness.
めんどくさい めんどくさい expresses that something is troublesome or a hassle, whereas うざい is more about being irritated by someone or something.
Etymology Derived from うざったい, itself a colloquial variant of うるさい (noisy, annoying). The exact derivation is uncertain, but it likely emerged as a slang shortening in casual speech.
