格好悪い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かく > かっ
Grade: 5
こう
Grade: 4
わる
Grade: 3
kan’on on’yomi kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
格好惡い (kyūjitai)
かっこ悪い
カッコ悪い

Etymology

Compound of 格好(かっこ) (kakko, figure, shape, appearance, look) + (わる) (warui, bad).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) っこわる [kàkkówárúꜜì] (Nakadaka – [5])
  • IPA(key): [ka̠k̚ko̞ɰᵝa̠ɾɯ̟ᵝi]
  • (Tokyo) っこーわる [kàkkóówárúꜜì] (Nakadaka – [6])
  • IPA(key): [ka̠k̚ko̞ːɰᵝa̠ɾɯ̟ᵝi]

Adjective

格好悪(かっこわる) or (かっ)(こう)(わる) • (kakkowarui or kakkōwarui) -i (adverbial 格好悪(かっこわる) (kakkowaruku))

  1. ugly; unattractive; uncool

Usage notes

  • The reading かっこわるい, kakkōwarui is dated.

Inflection

Antonyms

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