"ケバい" meaning in Japanese

See ケバい in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ke̞ba̠i]
Etymology: From けばけばしい (kebakebashii). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|けばけばし.い}} けばけばしい (kebakebashii) Head templates: {{ja-adj|けばい|infl=i}} ケバい or けばい • (kebai) -i (adverbial ケバく (kebaku)) 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=ケバ|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: ケバい [canonical], けばい [canonical], kebai [romanization], ケバく [adverbial], no-table-tags [table-tags], ケバかろ [imperfective, stem], kebakaro [imperfective, stem], ケバく [continuative, stem], kebaku [continuative, stem], ケバい [stem, terminative], kebai [stem, terminative], ケバい [attributive, stem], kebai [attributive, stem], ケバけれ [hypothetical, stem], kebakere [hypothetical, stem], ケバかれ [imperative, stem], kebakare [imperative, stem], ケバくない [informal, negative], kebaku nai [informal, negative], ケバかった [informal, past], kebakatta [informal, past], ケバくなかった [informal, negative, past], kebaku nakatta [informal, negative, past], ケバいです [formal], kebai desu [formal], ケバくないです [formal, negative], kebaku nai desu [formal, negative], ケバかったです [formal, past], kebakatta desu [formal, past], ケバくなかったです [formal, negative, past], kebaku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], ケバくて [conjunctive], kebakute [conjunctive], ケバければ [conditional], kebakereba [conditional], ケバかったら [conditional, past], kebakattara [conditional, past], ケバかろう [volitional], kebakarō [volitional], ケバく [adverbial], kebaku [adverbial], ケバさ [noun-from-adj], kebasa [noun-from-adj]
  1. (slang) gaudy, especially of a woman's makeup or clothing Tags: slang
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "けばけばし.い"
      },
      "expansion": "けばけばしい (kebakebashii)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From けばけばしい (kebakebashii).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ケバい",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "けばい",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバく",
      "roman": "kebaku",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebakaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebaku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebaku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebaku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebaku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "けばい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "ケバい or けばい • (kebai) -i (adverbial ケバく (kebaku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "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": "ケバ",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms suffixed with い",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gaudy, especially of a woman's makeup or clothing"
      ],
      "id": "en-ケバい-ja-adj-DfMBhCQz",
      "links": [
        [
          "gaudy",
          "gaudy"
        ],
        [
          "makeup",
          "makeup"
        ],
        [
          "clothing",
          "clothing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) gaudy, especially of a woman's makeup or clothing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ケバい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ke̞ba̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ケバい"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "けばけばし.い"
      },
      "expansion": "けばけばしい (kebakebashii)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From けばけばしい (kebakebashii).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ケバい",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "けばい",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバく",
      "roman": "kebaku",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebakaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebaku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebaku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebaku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebaku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケバさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kebasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "けばい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "ケバい or けばい • (kebai) -i (adverbial ケバく (kebaku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "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": "ケバ",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese adjectives",
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with manual fragments",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese slang",
        "Japanese terms spelled with mixed kana",
        "Japanese terms suffixed with い",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese い-i adjectives",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gaudy, especially of a woman's makeup or clothing"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gaudy",
          "gaudy"
        ],
        [
          "makeup",
          "makeup"
        ],
        [
          "clothing",
          "clothing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) gaudy, especially of a woman's makeup or clothing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ケバい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ke̞ba̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ケバい"
}

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