雑（ざつ）
JLPT N4 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: rough / sloppy
Example sentences
- 字が雑で読みにくい。 — The handwriting is messy and hard to read.
- 仕事が雑だと、やり直すことになる。 — If you're sloppy with your work, you'll end up having to redo it.
Idioms & proverbs containing “雑”
- 悪口雑言 (あっこうぞうごん) — all kinds of malicious gossip; heaping verbal abuse (on); cursing and swearing (words)
- 罵詈雑言 (ばりぞうごん) — all manner of (verbal) abuse; all kinds of names; abusive language; torrent of abuse; stream of insults
- 種々雑多 (しゅじゅざった) — all sorts of; various; miscellaneous; motley
- 複雑怪奇 (ふくざつかいき) — complicated and mysterious
- 複雑多岐 (ふくざつたき) — complex and wide-ranging; labyrinthine
- 複雑多様 (ふくざつたよう) — complex and multifarious
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See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
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