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不細工； 無細工 [rK]
【 ぶさいく； ぶざいく； ブサイク (nokanji) 】
1. [adj-na,n]
▶ clumsy (work)
▶ awkward
▶ poorly made
▶ botched
2. [adj-na,n] [uk]
▶ ugly (of a person)
▶ unattractive
▶ plain
▶ homely
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2828811 ブサ男【ブサお】 1. ugly man
  ⇐ see: 2163260 ブサメン 1. ugly man



History:
10. A 2024-11-23 20:33:56  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
9. A* 2024-11-23 00:28:13  parfait8
  Refs: 
Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーー─┬─────────┬───────╮
│ 不細工　 │ 343,753 │ 99.9% │
│ 無細工　 │     309 │  0.1% │ add rK
╰─ーーーー─┴─────────┴───────╯
Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーー─┬─────────┬───────╮
│ 不細工　 │ 343,753 │ 43.6% │
│ 無細工　 │     309 │  0.0% │
│ ブサイク │ 367,646 │ 46.6% │
│ ぶさいく │  76,209 │  9.7% │
│ ブザイク │     607 │  0.1% │
│ ぶざいく │       0 │  0.0% │
╰─ーーーー─┴─────────┴───────╯
Kyoto/Melbourne N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ 不細工　 │ 11,264 │ 48.2% │
│ 無細工　 │     37 │  0.2% │
│ ブサイク │ 10,167 │ 43.5% │
│ ぶさいく │  1,870 │  8.0% │
│ ブザイク │     25 │  0.1% │
│ ぶざいく │      9 │  0.0% │
╰─ーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯
  Diff: 
@@ -8,0 +9 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
8. A 2021-04-25 12:34:48  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
ブサイクな男	3568	   
ブサイクな女	1917
  Diff: 
@@ -32 +31,0 @@
-<s_inf>esp. of men</s_inf>
7. A 2021-04-25 02:35:07  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
OK. I'd only encountered it in male contexts.
6. A* 2021-04-24 23:54:10  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
gg5
daijr, koj: "「ぶざいく」とも"
  Comments: 
Source for the "esp. of men" note? I regularly hear it used to refer to women.
I don't think the derog tag is necessary.
  Diff: 
@@ -13,0 +14,3 @@
+<reb>ぶざいく</reb>
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
@@ -20,0 +24,3 @@
+<gloss>awkward</gloss>
+<gloss>poorly made</gloss>
+<gloss>botched</gloss>
@@ -25 +30,0 @@
-<misc>&derog;</misc>
@@ -28,2 +33,3 @@
-<gloss>plain (e.g. looks)</gloss>
-<gloss>ugly</gloss>
+<gloss>ugly (of a person)</gloss>
+<gloss>unattractive</gloss>
+<gloss>plain</gloss>
@@ -31 +36,0 @@
-<gloss>unattractive</gloss>
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