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みっともない (mittomonai) Japanese meaning: shameful | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N3 › Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation みっともない · i-adjective
Form Positive Negative Dictionary みっともない みっともなくない Polite みっともないです みっともなくないです also みっともなくありません Past polite みっともなかったです みっともなくなかったです also みっともなくありませんでした Past みっともなかった みっともなくなかった Te-form みっともなくて みっともなくなくて Adverbial みっともなく Conditional みっともなければ みっともなくなければ Tara conditional みっともなかったら みっともなくなかったら
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Don't go out looking so disgraceful.
It's shameful to cry in front of others.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 はみっともない [doing something] is shameful/unseemly
Crying loudly in front of others is unseemly.
みっともない 〈 事こと 〉 をする to do something shameful/disgraceful
Getting drunk and causing a scene at the shop was a shameful thing to do.
みっともないから 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something because it would otherwise look shameful
Please don't shout in public, it looks bad.
〈 人ひと 〉 にみっともない 姿すがた を 見み せる to show someone an unseemly/embarrassing side of oneself
I don't want to show my kids an unseemly side of myself.
Kanji 無 nothingness, none, ain't Related words· 6 恥ずかしい describes the speaker's own feeling of embarrassment, while みっともない judges how one's behavior or appearance looks to others.
見苦しい and みっともない both criticize an unseemly sight or behavior, but 見苦しい leans toward something visually unpleasant while みっともない adds a stronger sense of social shame.
だらしない emphasizes sloppiness or lack of self-discipline, whereas みっともない carries a stronger moral or social judgment of being disgraceful.
みっともない stresses that something looks unsightly or embarrassing, while はしたない stresses a lack of modesty or propriety in conduct.
Show 2 more みっともない stresses shamefulness or impropriety in appearance or behavior, while かっこ悪い more simply means lacking style or looking bad.
みっともない stresses that something looks unseemly or disgraceful to others, while 情けない emphasizes the speaker's own feeling of pity or disappointment.
Written forms みっともない Usage 97%
Standard kana spelling; the word is usually written in kana.
見み っともない Usage 2%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; learners should use the kana spelling.
見み っとも 無な い Usage 1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not used in normal writing.
Etymology Derived from the negative form of the verb 見る (miru, 'to see') with an emphatic geminate consonant, literally meaning 'not worth looking at' or 'unpresentable'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the form is well-established as a single adjective.
