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愚痴 (ぐち, guchi) Japanese meaning: complaint | Kotomora

愚ぐ痴ち

ぐ

ち

Common word›JLPTN2›Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

complaint; grumble; griping

Everyday word for voicing dissatisfaction or petty complaints, often to a sympathetic listener. Common in phrases like 愚痴をこぼす or 愚痴を言う.

友とも達だちと会あって、仕し事ごとの愚

ぐ

痴ち

を

こぼし

た

。

I met a friend and grumbled about work.

彼かれはいつも愚ぐ痴ちばかり言いっている。

He's always complaining.

2

noun, na-adjective

moha; ignorance; folly

Buddhist technical term for the fundamental delusion or ignorance that causes suffering. Not used in ordinary conversation.

仏ぶっ教きょうでは、愚ぐ痴ちは三さん毒どくの一ひとつとされる。
In Buddhism, moha is considered one of the three poisons.

Usage patterns

愚ぐ痴ちを言いうto grumble; to complain
彼かの女じょはいつも仕し事ごとの愚ぐ痴ちを言いう。
She's always complaining about her job.
〈人ひと〉に愚ぐ痴ちを言いうto vent one's complaints to someone
母ははに愚ぐ痴ちを言いって気き持もちが楽らくになった。
I felt better after venting my complaints to my mother.
愚ぐ痴ちを聞きくto listen to someone's complaints
友とも達だちの愚ぐ痴ちを聞きいてあげた。
I listened to my friend's complaints.

Expressions

愚ぐ痴ちの闇やみdarkness of ignorance
愚ぐ痴ちをこぼすcomplain; gripe; whine

Kanji

愚foolish, folly, absurdity
痴stupid, foolish
癡foolish

Related words· 7

文もん句くN3sense 1
文句 is a direct complaint or objection, often stronger and more confrontational, while 愚痴 is more like idle grumbling or venting.
不ふ満まんN3sense 1
不満 is the general feeling of dissatisfaction itself, while 愚痴 is the act of voicing petty complaints about it.
苦く情じょうN3sense 1
苦情 is a formal complaint typically made to a company or authority, whereas 愚痴 is casual grumbling to a sympathetic listener.
ぶつぶつN3
愚痴 is the common word for grumbling or complaining about one's troubles, while ぶつぶつ describes the low, mumbling sound of such complaints.

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弱よわ音ねN1
愚痴 is grumbling about a situation or other people, while 弱音 specifically expresses one's own weakness or lack of confidence.
小こ言ごと
愚痴 is grumbling about one's own troubles or misfortune, while 小言 is fault-finding directed at someone else's behavior.
不ふ平へいN3
愚痴 is aimless, repetitive grumbling to vent feelings, while 不平 refers to a specific point of dissatisfaction or grievance.

Don't confuse with

愚ぐ
愚 means foolishness or a foolish act, while 愚痴 means a complaint or grumbling, despite sharing the same first kanji.

Word family

愚ぐ痴ちる
grumble; complain; gripe
愚ぐ痴ち話ばなし
grumbling talk; tedious complaints; continual moaning
ぐちぐち
mumbling; muttering · complaining continuously; grumbling
愚ぐ痴ちっぽい
prone to complaining; grumpy; querulous

Written forms

愚ぐ痴ちUsage78%
Standard kanji spelling for everyday complaints and grumbling.
グチUsage16%
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling sometimes used for emphasis or in casual writing.
ぐちUsage6%
愚ぐ癡ち
out-dated kanji form
Outdated kanji form; 癡 is an old variant of 痴.

Etymology

From Buddhist terminology meaning 'ignorance' or 'delusion', later extended to mean 'foolish talk' and then 'idle complaint' in everyday language.