List: derogatory
Words or grammatical forms expressing a low opinion of someone or something.
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) derogatory usually written using kana alone noun (prefix)
- dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris)
- squealer, rat, snitch, informer, informant, spy
- loser, asshole
- counterfeit, inferior, useless, wasteful
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) slang abbreviation derogatory noun (suffix) food, cooking counter
- ball, sphere, globe, orb
- bead (of sweat, dew, etc.), drop, droplet
- ball (in sports)
- pile (of noodles, etc.)
- bullet
- bulb (i.e. a light bulb)
- lens (of glasses, etc.)
- bead (of an abacus)
- ball (i.e. a testicle)
- gem, jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively), pearl
- female entertainer (e.g. a geisha)
- person (when commenting on their nature), character
- item, funds or person used as part of a plot
- egg
- okonomiyaki
- coin
- precious, beautiful, excellent
popular JLPT N5 numeric noun noun (generic) derogatory abbreviation sumo
- four, 4
- four years of age
- ten o'clock (in the old time system)
- burakumin
- cross grips
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) slang noun (suffix) Internet slang derogatory
- marsh, swamp, wetland, bog, pond
- obsession, addiction, being hooked on, getting sucked into
- ugly man
- retard, mentally disabled person
popular poetical term pronoun humble language derogatory adverb interjection
- oneself (itself, etc.)
- I, me
- you
- by oneself (itself, etc.)
- interjection expressing anger or chagrin
popular derogatory noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) shogi
- upstart, nouveau riche, new money, new rich, coming into wealth suddenly
- piece promoted to gold general
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) derogatory prefix
- one's nature, one's feelings, oneself
- plain, unadorned, undecorated, unadulterated, au naturel
- mere, poor
- exceedingly
popular rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic) derogatory
- pig (Sus scrofa domesticus)
- pork
- fatso, fatty
popular gikun or jukujikun JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) derogatory
- glasses, eyeglasses, spectacles
- judgment, judgement, discrimination, discernment, insight
- four-eyes
popular obsolete kanji JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) derogatory archaic
- monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata), ape, non-human primate
- sly person
- idiot, hick
- sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)
- clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
- bathhouse prostitute