野や次じ馬うま根こん性じょう

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Meanings

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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

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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.

Kanji

野plains, field, rustic
次next, order, sequence
馬horse
根root, radical, head (pimple)
性sex, gender, nature
弥all the more, increasingly

Related words

野や次じ馬うま
野次馬 refers to the rubbernecker or onlooker itself, while 野次馬根性 refers to the mentality or spirit of such a person.

Built from

野や次じ馬うま+根こん性じょう

Written forms

野や次じ馬うま根こん性じょう
Standard kanji spelling.
弥や次じ馬うま根こん性じょう
Alternate kanji form using 弥次馬; less common.

Etymology

Compound of 野次馬 (rubbernecker, onlooker) and 根性 (spirit, mentality). The exact origin of 野次馬 is uncertain, but it may derive from 親父馬 (oyaji-uma, 'old man's horse') or from 弥次馬 (Yajiuma), a character in Edo-period literature known for heckling.