野や次じる

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じ

る

Meanings

1

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

jeer; heckle; boo; catcall

Used for shouting insults, criticism, or mockery at a speaker, performer, or public figure, often in a group setting.

聴ちょう衆しゅうが演えん説ぜつ者しゃを野や次じった。
The audience jeered at the speaker.
彼かれは政せい治じ家

か

の

演えん

説ぜつ

中ちゅう

に

野や

次じ

を

飛と

ばし

た

。

He heckled during the politician's speech.

Written forms

野や次じるUsage35%
Standard kanji spelling for jeering or heckling.
やじるUsage35%
ヤジるUsage27%
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling sometimes used for emphasis or in informal writing.
弥や次じるUsage3%
Alternate kanji form; less common than 野次る.

Kanji

野plains, field, rustic
次next, order, sequence
弥all the more, increasingly

Similar words

野や次じ
Noun meaning 'jeering' or 'heckling'; 野次る is the verb form.
ブーイング
Loanword from English 'booing'; more specific to booing sounds, while 野次る covers a wider range of verbal jeers.

Etymology

Derived from the noun 野次 (やじ), meaning 'jeering' or 'heckling', with the verb-forming suffix る. The kanji 野次 literally means 'field' and 'next', but the compound is used phonetically for this meaning.