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下品

Crude


Meaning

Crude, Vulgar, Vulgarity

Word Type

noun, な adjective

Explanation

Things that are below normal products are the cheap knockoffs and bad quality items. These items are incredibly crude and vulgar in their manufacturing and design. So much vulgarity!


Reading

げひん

Explanation

You haven't seen this reading for 下 yet (sorry there's so many for this kanji!) so here's a mnemonic to help you: Those items are so crude that you can't even tell what they're supposed to be. Honestly they all just look like statues of lumpy geckos (げ). That says it's a lamp but it looks more like a gecko looking at the sky. That chair? Definitely a bunch of geckos having a pool party. Are you sure you didn't get this stuff from a weird gecko artist?


Context

Patterns of Use

Common Word Combinations

  • 下品な言葉

    a crude word

    下品な言い方

    a crude way of saying something

    下品な話

    a crude story

  • 下品になる

    to become crude

    下品に見える

    to look crude

    下品に聞こえる

    to sound crude

  • ちょっと下品

    a bit crude

    少し下品

    a little crude

    とても下品

    very crude

Context Sentences

このアニメは少し下品です。

This anime is a bit crude.

下品な声がすると思ったら、お前かよ!

I thought I heard a vulgar voice, and it turns out it's you!

あの芸人のネタは下品だから好きじゃないんだよね。

I don't like that comedian's routine because it's vulgar.


Kanji Composition