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.
There is trash scattered on the desk.
Such junk information is useless.
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.