不細工

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
さい
Grade: 2

Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いく [bùsáꜜìkù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [bɯ̟ᵝsa̠ikɯ̟ᵝ]

Adjective

()(さい)() • (busaiku) -na (adnominal ()(さい)() (busaiku na), adverbial ()(さい)() (busaiku ni))

  1. of poor production quality; low quality
  2. ugly; unattractive
Inflection
Synonyms
  • (ugly): 不器量(ぶきりょう) (bukiryō)
Derived terms

Noun

()(さい)() • (busaiku) 

  1. poor production quality; low quality
  2. ugliness; unattractiveness

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
さい > ざい
Grade: 2

Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いく [bùzáꜜìkù] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [bɯ̟ᵝza̠ikɯ̟ᵝ]

Adjective

()(ざい)() • (buzaiku) -na (adnominal ()(ざい)() (buzaiku na), adverbial ()(ざい)() (buzaiku ni))

  1. Alternative form of 不細工 (busaiku)
Inflection

Noun

()(ざい)() • (buzaiku) 

  1. Alternative form of 不細工 (busaiku)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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