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Adjective [Japanese]

IPA: [ɯ̟ɾɯ̟sa̠i]
Etymology: Probably originally a compound of 心 (uru, “heart, mind”, vowel-shifted from regular reading ura, cognate with 裏 (ura, “the behind or inside of something”)) + 狭し (sashi, “tight; narrow”, Classical and Old Japanese, cognate and synonym of modern 狭い (semai)), from the sense that something is so overwhelming that one feels pressured to yield or submit in some way. The earliest texts used this word to mean something more like "overwhelmed by how completely thorough something is (in a positive sense), or by how excessive and repetitive something is (in a negative sense)". Over time, the term was used less and less in a positive sense, and the focus from the late Heian period gradually became a negative sense of oppression and annoyance from something troublesome, repetitive, or overwhelming. Usage then shifted further, such that the term described not the speaker's own internal state, but rather the troublesome quality of the cause of the emotional response. First cited to works from the early 900s. Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|心|狭し|pos1=vowel-shifted from regular reading ura, cognate with <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">裏</i> (ura, “the behind or inside of something”)|pos2=Classical and Old Japanese, cognate and synonym of modern <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">狭い</i> (semai)|t1=heart, mind|t2=tight; narrow|tr1=uru|tr2=sashi}} 心 (uru, “heart, mind”, vowel-shifted from regular reading ura, cognate with 裏 (ura, “the behind or inside of something”)) + 狭し (sashi, “tight; narrow”, Classical and Old Japanese, cognate and synonym of modern 狭い (semai)) Head templates: {{ja-adj|infl=i}} うるさい • (urusai) -i (adverbial うるさく (urusaku)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=く|attributive=い|conditional=ければ|conjunctive=くて|continuative=く|degree=さ|formal=い です|formal_negative=く ない です|formal_negative_past=く なかった です|formal_past=かった です|hypothetical=けれ|imperative=かれ|imperfective=かろ|informal_negative=く ない|informal_negative_past=く なかった|informal_past=かった|kana=|lemma=うるさ|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: urusai [romanization], うるさく [adverbial], no-table-tags [table-tags], うるさかろ [imperfective, stem], urusakaro [imperfective, stem], うるさく [continuative, stem], urusaku [continuative, stem], うるさい [stem, terminative], urusai [stem, terminative], うるさい [attributive, stem], urusai [attributive, stem], うるさけれ [hypothetical, stem], urusakere [hypothetical, stem], うるさかれ [imperative, stem], urusakare [imperative, stem], うるさくない [informal, negative], urusaku nai [informal, negative], うるさかった [informal, past], urusakatta [informal, past], うるさくなかった [informal, negative, past], urusaku nakatta [informal, negative, past], うるさいです [formal], urusai desu [formal], うるさくないです [formal, negative], urusaku nai desu [formal, negative], うるさかったです [formal, past], urusakatta desu [formal, past], うるさくなかったです [formal, negative, past], urusaku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], うるさくて [conjunctive], urusakute [conjunctive], うるさければ [conditional], urusakereba [conditional], うるさかったら [conditional, past], urusakattara [conditional, past], うるさかろう [volitional], urusakarō [volitional], うるさく [adverbial], urusaku [adverbial], うるささ [noun-from-adj], urusasa [noun-from-adj]
  1. overwhelmingly thorough (often in a positive way); excessive, repetitive (in a negative way)
    (by extension from the "thorough" sense) so thoroughly knowledgeable and particular about something as to be annoying to others: picky, nitpicking, fussy
    Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-うるさい-ja-adj-X1qdi8on
  2. overwhelmingly thorough (often in a positive way); excessive, repetitive (in a negative way)
    pushy, bossy, overly particular and demanding
    Sense id: en-うるさい-ja-adj-BBk6U456
  3. excellent of technique (particularly for a performance) Synonyms: うるせし [Classical]
    Sense id: en-うるさい-ja-adj-D6Nyh3B9
  4. extremely strained, faked, insincere, affected
    Sense id: en-うるさい-ja-adj-QDUL7LHN
  5. oppressive and annoying in a surrounding and overwhelming way
    noisy, loud
    Synonyms: 煩わしい (english: troublesome, annoying, irksome, nuisance), 鬱陶しい (english: annoying and oppressive, overtones of depressing), 喧しい (english: oppressively loud, noisy), うざったい, うざっこい, うざい
    Sense id: en-うるさい-ja-adj-lYu4kNLz
  6. oppressive and annoying in a surrounding and overwhelming way
    annoying, irritating
    Synonyms: 煩わしい (english: troublesome, annoying, irksome, nuisance), 鬱陶しい (english: annoying and oppressive, overtones of depressing), 喧しい (english: oppressively loud, noisy), うざったい, うざっこい, うざい
    Sense id: en-うるさい-ja-adj-PpUi8EIw
  7. troublesome, bothersome, irksome (usually in reference to having to do something) Synonyms: 面倒 (english: trouble, bother, [[tiresome]]), 煩わしい (english: troublesome, annoying, irksome, nuisance), うざったい, うざっこい, うざい
    Sense id: en-うるさい-ja-adj-eaEgsWZE
  8. dirty, messy, causing a bad feeling Synonyms: 汚い, いや, うざったい, うざっこい, うざい
    Sense id: en-うるさい-ja-adj-AngRBQq-

Interjection [Japanese]

IPA: [ɯ̟ɾɯ̟sa̠i] Forms: urusai [romanization]
Etymology: Probably originally a compound of 心 (uru, “heart, mind”, vowel-shifted from regular reading ura, cognate with 裏 (ura, “the behind or inside of something”)) + 狭し (sashi, “tight; narrow”, Classical and Old Japanese, cognate and synonym of modern 狭い (semai)), from the sense that something is so overwhelming that one feels pressured to yield or submit in some way. The earliest texts used this word to mean something more like "overwhelmed by how completely thorough something is (in a positive sense), or by how excessive and repetitive something is (in a negative sense)". Over time, the term was used less and less in a positive sense, and the focus from the late Heian period gradually became a negative sense of oppression and annoyance from something troublesome, repetitive, or overwhelming. Usage then shifted further, such that the term described not the speaker's own internal state, but rather the troublesome quality of the cause of the emotional response. First cited to works from the early 900s. Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|心|狭し|pos1=vowel-shifted from regular reading ura, cognate with <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">裏</i> (ura, “the behind or inside of something”)|pos2=Classical and Old Japanese, cognate and synonym of modern <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">狭い</i> (semai)|t1=heart, mind|t2=tight; narrow|tr1=uru|tr2=sashi}} 心 (uru, “heart, mind”, vowel-shifted from regular reading ura, cognate with 裏 (ura, “the behind or inside of something”)) + 狭し (sashi, “tight; narrow”, Classical and Old Japanese, cognate and synonym of modern 狭い (semai)) Head templates: {{ja-pos|interjection|うるさい}} うるさい • (urusai)
  1. (figuratively) shut up; stop it Tags: figuratively Synonyms (terminal or attributive form): うるせえ (urusee) [informal], うっせえ (ussee) [emphatic, informal]
    Sense id: en-うるさい-ja-intj-0MQ4~6re Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 2 17 1 14 3 2 20 9 33 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 3 14 1 21 3 4 16 7 29 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 5 16 1 14 4 3 19 8 30 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 5 16 1 14 4 3 19 8 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 5 17 1 13 4 2 19 8 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 17 1 14 1 2 20 9 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 17 0 15 1 2 21 9 34 Disambiguation of 'terminal or attributive form': 11 15 10 6 14 12 5 7 21

Alternative forms

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    {
      "form": "うるさかった",
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    {
      "form": "urusakatta",
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      "form": "うるさくなかった",
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    {
      "form": "urusaku nakatta",
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    },
    {
      "form": "うるさいです",
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    },
    {
      "form": "urusai desu",
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      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
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      "form": "うるさくないです",
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    {
      "form": "うるさくて",
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      "form": "urusakute",
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      "form": "うるさければ",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "picky about glyph shape",
          "roman": "jitai ni urusai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "字",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "体",
              "たい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "字体にうるさい",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "picky about flavor",
          "roman": "aji ni urusai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "味",
              "あじ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "味にうるさい",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "overwhelmingly thorough (often in a positive way); excessive, repetitive (in a negative way)",
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      ],
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        ],
        [
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        ]
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        "overwhelmingly thorough (often in a positive way); excessive, repetitive (in a negative way)",
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      ],
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      ]
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        {
          "english": "Bossy guys.",
          "roman": "Urusai renchū da.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "連",
              "れん"
            ],
            [
              "中",
              "ちゅう"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "うるさい連中だ。",
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        }
      ],
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        "overwhelmingly thorough (often in a positive way); excessive, repetitive (in a negative way)",
        "pushy, bossy, overly particular and demanding"
      ],
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      "links": [
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        [
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        ],
        [
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        ],
        [
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        ]
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      "glosses": [
        "excellent of technique (particularly for a performance)"
      ],
      "id": "en-うるさい-ja-adj-D6Nyh3B9",
      "links": [
        [
          "excellent",
          "excellent"
        ],
        [
          "technique",
          "technique"
        ],
        [
          "performance",
          "performance"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Classical"
          ],
          "word": "うるせし"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "extremely strained, faked, insincere, affected"
      ],
      "id": "en-うるさい-ja-adj-QDUL7LHN",
      "links": [
        [
          "strained",
          "strained"
        ],
        [
          "faked",
          "faked"
        ],
        [
          "insincere",
          "insincere"
        ],
        [
          "affected",
          "affected"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It is noisy outside.",
          "roman": "Soto ga urusai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "外",
              "そと"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "外がうるさい。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "oppressive and annoying in a surrounding and overwhelming way",
        "noisy, loud"
      ],
      "id": "en-うるさい-ja-adj-lYu4kNLz",
      "links": [
        [
          "oppressive",
          "oppressive"
        ],
        [
          "annoying",
          "annoying"
        ],
        [
          "surrounding",
          "surrounding"
        ],
        [
          "overwhelming",
          "overwhelming"
        ],
        [
          "noisy",
          "noisy"
        ],
        [
          "loud",
          "loud"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "troublesome, annoying, irksome, nuisance",
          "word": "煩わしい"
        },
        {
          "english": "annoying and oppressive, overtones of depressing",
          "word": "鬱陶しい"
        },
        {
          "english": "oppressively loud, noisy",
          "word": "喧しい"
        },
        {
          "word": "うざったい"
        },
        {
          "word": "うざっこい"
        },
        {
          "word": "うざい"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "oppressive and annoying in a surrounding and overwhelming way",
        "annoying, irritating"
      ],
      "id": "en-うるさい-ja-adj-PpUi8EIw",
      "links": [
        [
          "oppressive",
          "oppressive"
        ],
        [
          "annoying",
          "annoying"
        ],
        [
          "surrounding",
          "surrounding"
        ],
        [
          "overwhelming",
          "overwhelming"
        ],
        [
          "irritating",
          "irritating"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "troublesome, annoying, irksome, nuisance",
          "word": "煩わしい"
        },
        {
          "english": "annoying and oppressive, overtones of depressing",
          "word": "鬱陶しい"
        },
        {
          "english": "oppressively loud, noisy",
          "word": "喧しい"
        },
        {
          "word": "うざったい"
        },
        {
          "word": "うざっこい"
        },
        {
          "word": "うざい"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "troublesome, bothersome, irksome (usually in reference to having to do something)"
      ],
      "id": "en-うるさい-ja-adj-eaEgsWZE",
      "links": [
        [
          "troublesome",
          "troublesome"
        ],
        [
          "bothersome",
          "bothersome"
        ],
        [
          "irksome",
          "irksome"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "trouble, bother, [[tiresome]]",
          "word": "面倒"
        },
        {
          "english": "troublesome, annoying, irksome, nuisance",
          "word": "煩わしい"
        },
        {
          "word": "うざったい"
        },
        {
          "word": "うざっこい"
        },
        {
          "word": "うざい"
        }
      ]
    },
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        [
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          "dirty"
        ],
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          "messy",
          "messy"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "汚い"
        },
        {
          "word": "いや"
        },
        {
          "word": "うざったい"
        },
        {
          "word": "うざっこい"
        },
        {
          "word": "うざい"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "うるさい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɯ̟ɾɯ̟sa̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijisen#Online_search_engines",
    "Heian period",
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten"
  ],
  "word": "うるさい"
}

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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Chinese: 無路賽/无路赛 (wúlùsài)",
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    {
      "args": {
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    }
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        {
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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        {
          "_dis": "3 14 1 21 3 4 16 7 29",
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        {
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        {
          "_dis": "5 16 1 14 4 3 19 8 30",
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        {
          "_dis": "5 17 1 13 4 2 19 8 30",
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        {
          "_dis": "2 17 1 14 1 2 20 9 33",
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        {
          "_dis": "1 17 0 15 1 2 21 9 34",
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      ],
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        {
          "roman": "Urusai!",
          "text": "うるさい!",
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        }
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        [
          "shut up",
          "shut up"
        ],
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          "stop",
          "stop"
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      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "11 15 10 6 14 12 5 7 21",
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            "informal"
          ],
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
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    {
      "other": "うるさい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɯ̟ɾɯ̟sa̠i]"
    }
  ],
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    "Daijisen#Online_search_engines",
    "Heian period",
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten"
  ],
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}
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    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese interjections",
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    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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      "name": "compound"
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  ],
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      "form": "urusai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うるさく",
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      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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      "form": "うるさかろ",
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      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "urusakaro",
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      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "うるさく",
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      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "urusaku",
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        "continuative",
        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "うるさい",
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      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urusai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うるさい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urusai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うるさけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urusakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "うるさかれ",
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      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "urusakare",
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      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
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    {
      "form": "うるさくない",
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      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urusaku nai",
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      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "うるさかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "urusakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うるさくなかった",
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      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urusaku nakatta",
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      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うるさいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urusai desu",
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      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うるさくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urusaku nai desu",
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      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うるさかったです",
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      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "urusakatta desu",
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      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うるさくなかったです",
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      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urusaku nakatta desu",
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      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うるさくて",
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        "conjunctive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "urusakute",
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        "conjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "うるさければ",
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        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urusakereba",
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        "conditional"
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    },
    {
      "form": "うるさかったら",
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        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "urusakattara",
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        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うるさかろう",
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    {
      "form": "urusakarō",
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        "volitional"
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    {
      "form": "うるさく",
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    {
      "form": "urusaku",
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      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
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    {
      "form": "うるささ",
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    },
    {
      "form": "urusasa",
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        "noun-from-adj"
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      "categories": [
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        {
          "english": "picky about glyph shape",
          "roman": "jitai ni urusai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "字",
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              "体",
              "たい"
            ]
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          "english": "picky about flavor",
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          "ruby": [
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              "味",
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          "particular",
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          "annoying",
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        [
          "picky",
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          "nitpicking",
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          "fussy",
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      ],
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      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
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        {
          "english": "Bossy guys.",
          "roman": "Urusai renchū da.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "連",
              "れん"
            ],
            [
              "中",
              "ちゅう"
            ]
          ],
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        }
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      ],
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        [
          "pushy",
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          "bossy",
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          "particular",
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        ],
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          "demanding",
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    {
      "glosses": [
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          "excellent",
          "excellent"
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          "technique",
          "technique"
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          "performance",
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          "tags": [
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "extremely strained, faked, insincere, affected"
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        [
          "strained",
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        [
          "faked",
          "faked"
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        [
          "insincere",
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        ],
        [
          "affected",
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        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "It is noisy outside.",
          "roman": "Soto ga urusai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "外",
              "そと"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "外がうるさい。",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "oppressive and annoying in a surrounding and overwhelming way",
        "noisy, loud"
      ],
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        [
          "oppressive",
          "oppressive"
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        [
          "annoying",
          "annoying"
        ],
        [
          "surrounding",
          "surrounding"
        ],
        [
          "overwhelming",
          "overwhelming"
        ],
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          "noisy",
          "noisy"
        ],
        [
          "loud",
          "loud"
        ]
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "troublesome, annoying, irksome, nuisance",
          "word": "煩わしい"
        },
        {
          "english": "annoying and oppressive, overtones of depressing",
          "word": "鬱陶しい"
        },
        {
          "english": "oppressively loud, noisy",
          "word": "喧しい"
        },
        {
          "word": "うざったい"
        },
        {
          "word": "うざっこい"
        },
        {
          "word": "うざい"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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        "annoying, irritating"
      ],
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        [
          "oppressive",
          "oppressive"
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        [
          "annoying",
          "annoying"
        ],
        [
          "surrounding",
          "surrounding"
        ],
        [
          "overwhelming",
          "overwhelming"
        ],
        [
          "irritating",
          "irritating"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "troublesome, annoying, irksome, nuisance",
          "word": "煩わしい"
        },
        {
          "english": "annoying and oppressive, overtones of depressing",
          "word": "鬱陶しい"
        },
        {
          "english": "oppressively loud, noisy",
          "word": "喧しい"
        },
        {
          "word": "うざったい"
        },
        {
          "word": "うざっこい"
        },
        {
          "word": "うざい"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "troublesome, bothersome, irksome (usually in reference to having to do something)"
      ],
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        [
          "troublesome",
          "troublesome"
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        [
          "bothersome",
          "bothersome"
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        [
          "irksome",
          "irksome"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "trouble, bother, [[tiresome]]",
          "word": "面倒"
        },
        {
          "english": "troublesome, annoying, irksome, nuisance",
          "word": "煩わしい"
        },
        {
          "word": "うざったい"
        },
        {
          "word": "うざっこい"
        },
        {
          "word": "うざい"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dirty, messy, causing a bad feeling"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dirty",
          "dirty"
        ],
        [
          "messy",
          "messy"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "汚い"
        },
        {
          "word": "いや"
        },
        {
          "word": "うざったい"
        },
        {
          "word": "うざっこい"
        },
        {
          "word": "うざい"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "うるさい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɯ̟ɾɯ̟sa̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "urusee",
      "sense": "terminal or attributive form",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "うるせえ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ussee",
      "sense": "terminal or attributive form",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "うっせえ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijisen#Online_search_engines",
    "Heian period",
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten"
  ],
  "word": "うるさい"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese compound terms",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese interjections",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese い-i adjectives",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "無路賽",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "wúlùsài"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Chinese: 無路賽/无路赛 (wúlùsài)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Chinese: 無路賽/无路赛 (wúlùsài)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "心",
        "3": "狭し",
        "pos1": "vowel-shifted from regular reading ura, cognate with <i class=\"Jpan mention\" lang=\"ja\">裏</i> (ura, “the behind or inside of something”)",
        "pos2": "Classical and Old Japanese, cognate and synonym of modern <i class=\"Jpan mention\" lang=\"ja\">狭い</i> (semai)",
        "t1": "heart, mind",
        "t2": "tight; narrow",
        "tr1": "uru",
        "tr2": "sashi"
      },
      "expansion": "心 (uru, “heart, mind”, vowel-shifted from regular reading ura, cognate with 裏 (ura, “the behind or inside of something”)) + 狭し (sashi, “tight; narrow”, Classical and Old Japanese, cognate and synonym of modern 狭い (semai))",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably originally a compound of 心 (uru, “heart, mind”, vowel-shifted from regular reading ura, cognate with 裏 (ura, “the behind or inside of something”)) + 狭し (sashi, “tight; narrow”, Classical and Old Japanese, cognate and synonym of modern 狭い (semai)), from the sense that something is so overwhelming that one feels pressured to yield or submit in some way.\nThe earliest texts used this word to mean something more like \"overwhelmed by how completely thorough something is (in a positive sense), or by how excessive and repetitive something is (in a negative sense)\". Over time, the term was used less and less in a positive sense, and the focus from the late Heian period gradually became a negative sense of oppression and annoyance from something troublesome, repetitive, or overwhelming. Usage then shifted further, such that the term described not the speaker's own internal state, but rather the troublesome quality of the cause of the emotional response.\nFirst cited to works from the early 900s.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "urusai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "interjection",
        "2": "うるさい"
      },
      "expansion": "うるさい • (urusai)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "roman": "Urusai!",
          "text": "うるさい!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "shut up; stop it"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shut up",
          "shut up"
        ],
        [
          "stop",
          "stop"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) shut up; stop it"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "うるさい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɯ̟ɾɯ̟sa̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "urusee",
      "sense": "terminal or attributive form",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "うるせえ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ussee",
      "sense": "terminal or attributive form",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "うっせえ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijisen#Online_search_engines",
    "Heian period",
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten"
  ],
  "word": "うるさい"
}

Download raw JSONL data for うるさい meaning in All languages combined (14.2kB)

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