also: ゴミくず · ゴミクズ
General term for worthless or discarded items; can be used literally for physical waste or figuratively for something of no value.
机の上にごみ屑が散らかっている。
There is trash scattered on the desk.
そんなごみ屑みたいな情報は役に立たない。
Such junk information is useless.
Common mixed kana-kanji spelling; usually written in kana.
Katakana variant for ごみ; used in some contexts.
All-katakana spelling; common in casual or emphatic writing.
Full kanji spelling; rarely used and may be unfamiliar to many readers.
Compound of ごみ (trash, dust) and 屑 (くず, scraps, waste). The exact origin of ごみ is uncertain, but it has been used since Old Japanese to refer to dust or refuse.