うざい

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Japanese[edit]

Alternative spelling
ウザい

Etymology[edit]

Shortening of うざったい (uzattai), arising in the Tama area of Tokyo in the 1930s.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

うざい or ウザい (uzai-i (adverbial うざく (uzaku))

  1. [from 1930s] (slang) noisy; annoying, irritating, pissing one off
    (かお)うざい
    kao ga uzai
    making a face that pisses me off

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References[edit]

  1. ^ うざい”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months

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