Japanese symbol for “dingy”
小汚い
こぎたない
Romaji: kogitanai
somehow dirty; slightly dirty; dingy
In Japanese, dingy is 小汚い, read こぎたない (kogitanai).
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Meanings
- adj-i somehow dirty; slightly dirty; dingy
- adj-i somewhat base; vaguely underhanded
Written forms: 小汚い、小ぎたない. Readings: こぎたない.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “dingy”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 貧乏くさい | びんぼうくさい binboukusai | shabby; mean; sorry |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 小説 | しょうせつ shousetsu | novel; story; (work of) fiction |
| 小学校 | しょうがっこう shougakkou | primary school; elementary school; grade school |
| 小学生 | しょうがくせい shougakusei | elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student |
| 小型 | こがた kogata | small-sized; small-scale; miniature |
| 小さい | ちいさい chiisai | small; little; tiny |
| 縮小 | しゅくしょう shukushou | reduction; curtailment; cut |
| 汚染 | おせん osen | pollution; contamination |
| 汚れ | よごれ yogore | dirt; filth; stain |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.