How to say "graffiti" in Japanese

• 落書きらくがきCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbThe everyday word, covering graffiti together with scrawls, scribbles and doodles. It fits both casual doodling and unauthorized writing or drawing on walls, and is usually the word learners want.
  その壁かべには一面いちめんに落書らくがきがあった。↗

  There were scribbles all along the wall.
• グラフィティー
  nounKatakana loanword meaning graffiti, typically the street-art kind painted on walls. It is less common, and 落書き remains the usual everyday choice.
• いたずら書きいたずらがき
  nounSuggests mischievous scribbling or doodling rather than finished artwork; its graffiti sense is the naughty kind of unauthorized writing. For serious or artistic graffiti it is seldom the word you want.
• ｒｋｇｋらくがき
  noun, suru verbInternet-slang abbreviation of らくがき with the same range of senses. Keep it to casual online writing; in ordinary sentences the full word 落書き is what you want.
• 落書らくしょ
  nounA less common word with essentially the same senses as 落書き — scrawl, scribble, graffiti. For everyday purposes 落書き is the usual choice, so this one is seldom needed.

Use the common 「落書き」 for graffiti in most everyday senses; 「グラフィティー」 is the loanword for street-art graffiti; 「いたずら書き」 fits mischievous scribbling; ｒｋｇｋ is internet slang and 落書 is a less common alternative.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 落書きらくがきscrawl
• グラフィティーgraffiti
• いたずら書きいたずらがきscribbling
• ｒｋｇｋらくがきscrawl
• 落書らくしょscrawl