野や次じ馬うま根こん性じょう

noun

rubbernecking mentality; spirit of idle curiosity

Refers to the mindset of a person who gathers to gawk at accidents, fires, or other incidents out of mere curiosity, often with a negative connotation of being a nuisance or lacking respect.

• 事じ故こ現げん場ばに野や次じ馬うま根こん性じょうで集あつまる人ひとたちが多おおかった。

  Many people gathered at the accident scene out of rubbernecking curiosity.

• 彼かれの野や次じ馬うま根こん性じょうには呆あきれてしまう。

  I'm disgusted by his rubbernecking mentality.