How to say "studied" in Japanese

• わざとらしい
  i-adjectiveCovers 'studied' in the sense of affected or contrived — behaviour that looks deliberate and unnatural, not spontaneous. The usual form of the word, normally written in kana alone, though a less common word overall.
  彼かれのわざとらしい話し方はなしかたが嫌きらいだ。↗

  I don't like his affected manner of speaking.
• ざーとらしい
  i-adjectiveSame sense of 'studied' as わざとらしい: affected, forced, unnatural-looking behaviour. A colloquial variant of that word, and itself less common — for most purposes わざとらしい is the form you want.

Both words cover the same sense of 'studied' — behaviour that seems affected, deliberate, and unnatural rather than spontaneous. Choose 「わざとらしい」, the usual form; 「ざーとらしい」 is its colloquial variant, at home in casual speech.

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• わざとらしいunnatural
• ざーとらしいunnatural