Japanese symbol for “unfashionable”
野暮ったい
やぼったい
Romaji: yabottai
unfashionable; uncouth; unrefined; unpolished
In Japanese, unfashionable is 野暮ったい, read やぼったい (yabottai).
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Meanings
- adj-i unfashionable; uncouth; unrefined; unpolished; unsophisticated
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “unfashionable”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ダサい | ダサい dasai | uncool; lame; unfashionable |
| もっさい | もっさい mossai | unfashionable; unstylish; uncool |
| もっさり | もっさり mossari | unfashionable; lacking style |
| 芋臭い | いもくさい imokusai | countrified; unsophisticated; unfashionable |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 野球 | やきゅう yakyuu | baseball |
| 分野 | ぶんや bun'ya | field; sphere; realm |
| 野菜 | やさい yasai | vegetable |
| 野党 | やとう yatou | opposition party; the opposition |
| 視野 | しや shiya | field of vision; view |
| 平野 | へいや heiya | plain; open field |
| 暮らし | くらし kurashi | (way of) life; lifestyle; living |
| 暮れ | くれ kure | sunset; sundown; nightfall |
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.