Insulting Words

Knowing which keywords people were searching for when they came to my site is very fun. Many people came here just because all of their keywords happened to be included in my posts. And I'm sure most of them would be disappointed that the things they wanted were not in here.

I found out that several visitors strayed into my site when they were searching for "Japanese insults". I have no idea why they would like to know such things. Were they going to make a fool of some Japanese person? Do they really want to do it to my fellow citizen? Mmm... That sounds...fun! I'll help you.

(BAKA)
Perhaps, this is the most simple insulting word in Japanese. It means a fool or an idiot.

(AHO)
This has been mainly used in Kansai, the district around Osaka and Kyoto. Its meaning is mostly same as BAKA.

(MANUKE)
The original meaning of this word is "doing something untimely or too late", and now it simply means a stupid thing or person.

(NOROMA)
A slow person. It's interesting that "to be slow" is looked down on in both Japanese and English.

(HETA)
To be bad at something. HETAKUSO is worse (KUSO means a crap). You better never use this to your partner in bed.

(KECHI)
A stingy person. A miser. Many Japanese people came to be KECHI in this hard times.

(JIJI)    (BABA)
If you say these words to someone worrying about aging, certainly they will get angry. JIJI means an old man, and BABA is an old woman.

(DASAI)
An adjective which means "to be not cool" and is mainly used by young people.

(UZAI)
An adjective that young people prefer to use when they express something fussy or depressing.

(KIMOI)
Young people also use this very often just like above two. This means "creepy".