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騒々しい (そうぞうしい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N3 › Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 騒々しい · i-adjective
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 騒そう 々ぞう しい 騒々そうぞう しくない Polite 騒々そうぞう しいです 騒々そうぞう しくないです also 騒々そうぞう しくありません Past polite 騒々そうぞう しかったです 騒々そうぞう しくなかったです also 騒々そうぞう しくありませんでした Past 騒々そうぞう しかった 騒々そうぞう しくなかった Te-form 騒々そうぞう しくて 騒々そうぞう しくなくて Adverbial 騒々そうぞう しく Conditional 騒々そうぞう しければ 騒々そうぞう しくなければ Tara conditional 騒々そうぞう しかったら 騒々そうぞう しくなかったら
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々ぞう
しく
て
眠ねむ
れ
なかっ
た
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The next room was so noisy I couldn't sleep.
Usage patterns 〈 場所ばしょ〉 〉 が 騒々そうぞう しい a place is noisy/boisterous
The area in front of the station is always noisy.
騒々そうぞう しい 世よ の 中なか a turbulent, unsettled world/society
There have been so many incidents lately; it's a turbulent world these days.
騒々そうぞう しい 足音あしおと loud, clattering footsteps
I heard loud, clattering footsteps going up the stairs.
騒々そうぞう しい 時代じだい a turbulent era
The end of the Edo period was a turbulent era.
Kanji 騒 boisterous, make noise, clamor Related words· 6 うるさい is the everyday word for something being annoyingly loud, while 騒々しい is more literary and describes a chaotic, clamorous atmosphere.
物騒 describes a dangerous or unsettled social atmosphere, similar to the 'turbulent' sense of 騒々しい but with a stronger connotation of danger.
やかましい often implies a harsh, piercing noise or strict scolding, whereas 騒々しい emphasizes an overall boisterous, unsettled state.
騒がしい is a more casual, spoken-language word for noisy, while 騒々しい carries a slightly more literary and emphatic tone.
Show 2 more 騒々しい is a common i-adjective meaning noisy or clamorous, whereas 騒然 is a taru-adjective used especially for a scene suddenly thrown into uproar.
耳障り focuses on the unpleasant, grating quality of a specific sound, while 騒々しい describes a generally noisy, clamorous atmosphere.
Opposites 静か describes a quiet, calm place or atmosphere, the direct opposite of a 騒々しい one.
平穏 means peaceful and calm, the opposite of the turbulent, unsettled sense of 騒々しい.
Written forms 騒そう 々ぞう しい Usage 92%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency form in news and general use.
そうぞうしい Usage 6%
騒そう 騒ぞう しい Usage 2%
Non-standard repetition of the kanji; rarely used in modern writing.
Etymology Derived from the reduplication of the kanji 騒 (sawagu, 'to make noise, be boisterous') with the adjectival suffix しい. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the form is conventionally associated with a state of noise or unrest.
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粛しゅく
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騒々しい means noisy or clamorous, the direct opposite of the hushed stillness described by 静粛.
