雑
ざつ
rough; sloppy; crude; careless
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Examples
字が雑で読めない。
じがざつでよめない。
His handwriting is so sloppy I can't read it.
お客が雑な作りのスタンドに座って靴を磨いてもらっている。
おきゃくがざつなつくりのすたんどにすわってくつをみがいてもらっている。
A customer is having his shoes shined on a slapped-together stand.
急いでいたとはいえ、あの仕事は雑すぎる。
いそいでいたとはいえ、あのしごとはざつすぎる。
He may have been in a hurry, but that work was far too slapdash.
Common patterns
- 雑な仕事
- sloppy work
- 雑に扱う
- to handle carelessly
- 性格が雑
- to be a careless sort of person
Memory tip
Standing alone as a な-adjective, 雑 means careless or slapdash — a criticism. Inside compounds the same kanji carries its other sense, 'miscellaneous': 雑誌, 雑音, 雑用.
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