露ろ骨こつ

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こ

つ

Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

Describes something done or expressed without hiding intentions or feelings, often with a negative or critical tone when referring to blatant behavior.

彼かれの露

ろ

骨こつ

な

態たい

度ど

に

周まわ

り

は

不ふ

快かい

感かん

を

示しめ

し

た

。

People around him showed discomfort at his blatant attitude.

露ろ骨こつに嫌いやな顔かおをしないでください。

Please don't make such an openly disgusted face.

2

na-adjective, noun

lewd; crude; indecent

Used for sexually explicit or vulgar expressions, jokes, or behavior that are too direct and lack subtlety.

彼かれの露ろ骨こつな冗じょう談だんに、みんな引ひいていた。
Everyone was put off by his crude jokes.
映えい画がには露ろ骨こつなシーンが含ふくまれている。
The movie contains explicit scenes.

Usage patterns

露ろ骨こつな〈感かん情じょう〉an undisguised feeling (e.g. dislike, disgust)
彼かの女じょは露ろ骨こつな嫌けん悪お感かんを顔かおに出だした。
She showed blatant disgust on her face.
露ろ骨こつな〈表ひょう現げん〉explicit/crude wording or imagery
その小しょう説せつには露ろ骨こつな表ひょう現げんが多おおく含ふくまれている。
The novel contains a lot of explicit language.
露ろ骨こつに〈動どう詞し〉to do something openly/blatantly
上じょう司しは新しん入にゅう社しゃ員いんを露ろ骨こつに無む視しした。
The boss blatantly ignored the new employee.
露ろ骨こつな〈態たい度ど〉an undisguised attitude
彼かれは不ふ満まんを露ろ骨こつな態たい度どで示しめした。
He showed his dissatisfaction through an unabashed attitude.

Kanji

露dew, tears, expose
骨skeleton, bone, remains

Related words

あからさまN1sense 1
あからさま describes something that is plainly visible or obvious, while 露骨 adds a stronger sense of deliberate, often tactless, exposure of feelings or intentions.
率そっ直ちょくN2sense 1
率直 means frank or straightforward in a positive, honest way, whereas 露骨 often implies a negative lack of tact or subtlety.
挑ちょう発はつ的てき
露骨 means blunt or explicit without disguise, while 挑発的 in its sexual sense implies deliberate allure meant to provoke desire.
公こう然ぜんN1
露骨 describes something blunt or explicit, often with a negative or crude nuance, while 公然 focuses on the fact that it is done in the open.

Opposites

婉えん曲きょくN1sense 1
婉曲 means indirect or euphemistic, the opposite of 露骨's blunt, unconcealed directness.
上じょう品ひんN3sense 2
上品 describes refined, tasteful expression, contrasting with 露骨's crude, overly explicit tone in sexual or vulgar contexts.

Don't confuse with

露ろ出しゅつN1
露出 shares the kanji 露 with 露骨 but means physical exposure (e.g. of skin or film), not the figurative bluntness or lewdness of 露骨.

Written forms

露ろ骨こつUsage99%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency news and common word.
ろこつUsage1%
ロコツUsage<1%

Etymology

Compound of 露 (exposed, bare) and 骨 (bone), literally 'exposed bone,' suggesting something laid bare without concealment. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of blatant or undisguised expression.