ぞんざいzonzai

1. na-adjectiverough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite
   その警官けいかんは私に対たいしてかなりぞんざいだった。↗

   The policeman was rather abrupt with me.

• Synonym粗雑そざつNeutralEvaluates work or results as crudely done, as in 「粗雑な作り」 or 「粗雑な説明」; 「ぞんざい」 additionally suggests a casual, impolite manner toward people or things.
• Synonym雑ざつNeutralEveryday word for work done sloppily, as in 「雑な字」 or 「仕事が雑だ」; it targets the lack of care in the doing, while 「ぞんざい」 also implies rudeness.
• Synonym粗いあらいNeutralDescribes work as rough and unrefined, as in 「仕事が粗い」, and also coarse grains or mesh; it carries none of 「ぞんざい」's sense of rudeness.
• Synonymいい加減いいかげんNeutralEveryday word for work done perfunctorily, as in 「いい加減な仕事」, stressing irresponsibility; it can also mean 'moderate' or 'quite'.
• Synonym粗末そまつNeutralCovers crude, shabby make or failing to treasure things, as in 「物を粗末にする」; the point is poor quality or lack of care.
• SynonymずさんNeutralSuggests work riddled with errors, as in 「杜撰な管理」 or 「杜撰な調査」; the emphasis is on mishandling that produces many mistakes.
• Synonym粗略そりゃくWrittenWritten-style word for handling people or things without due care, as in 「粗略に扱う」; 「ぞんざい」 can also describe rough speech and behavior.
• Related大雑把おおざっぱNeutralPoints to a sweeping, detail-ignoring quality, as in 「大雑把な性格」; it can describe personality, while 「ぞんざい」 judges how things are treated.
• Related大まかおおまかNeutralMeans broad or rough in outline, as in 「大まかな計画」, without necessarily criticizing, and can even mean generous; 「ぞんざい」 is always negative.
• Relatedだらし無いだらしないNeutralCovers sloppy appearance, lifestyle and work, as in 「だらしない服装」; 「ぞんざい」 homes in on the roughness of one's treatment of people and things.
• Related適当てきとうNeutralIn daily speech it often means perfunctory, as in 「適当に答える」, though its basic sense is 'suitable'; 「ぞんざい」 has no such positive side.
• Related散漫さんまんNeutralDescribes scattered attention or loose, unfocused content, as in 「注意散漫」; it is about lack of concentration, not rough treatment.
• Related粗放そほうWrittenWritten-style word for an unrestrained, lax approach, mostly in uses like 「粗放農業」, or for a rough, loose person; 「ぞんざい」 is about casual treatment of people and things.
• RelatedちゃらんぽらんCasualColloquial term for an irresponsible, devil-may-care way of being, as in 「ちゃらんぽらんな人」; it mostly passes judgment on a person's character.
• RelatedぞろっぺいCasualColloquial and old-fashioned for sloppy, overly casual behavior, and rarely used; in everyday speech 「いい加減」 is the natural choice.
• Antonym丁寧ていねいNeutralAntonym: careful, polite and thorough treatment, as in 「丁寧な扱い」; it stands opposite to 「ぞんざい」 in both manner of handling and speech and behavior.
• Antonym慎重しんちょうNeutralAntonym: handling things with care, as in 「慎重に扱う」; it is the opposite of 「ぞんざい」 in whether one acts rashly.
• Antonym細心さいしんNeutralAntonym: meticulous attention to every detail, as in 「細心の注意」; it contrasts with 「ぞんざい」 in whether small points are watched.

Use 「ぞんざい」 for a casual, rude attitude in speech and behavior. For crudely done work say 「粗雑」 or 「雑」, for perfunctory work 「いい加減」, and for work full of errors 「杜撰」; the opposite of 「ぞんざい」 is 「丁寧」.

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1. 物事ものごとを粗略そりゃくに扱あつかうさま。取り扱とりあつかいがいいかげんであるさま。
2. 言動げんどうが乱暴らんぼうであるさま。不躾ぶしつけなさま。