粗雑|そざつsozatsu[0]heiban (flat)
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- na-adjective, nouncoarse; rough; crude
Conjugation
| Plain form | 粗雑(そざつ) |
|---|---|
| Polite (desu) | 粗雑です(そざつです) |
| Negative (dewa nai) | 粗雑ではない(そざつではない) |
| polite (dewa arimasen) | 粗雑ではありません(そざつではありません) |
| Past (datta) | 粗雑だった(そざつだった) |
| Past negative (dewa nakatta) | 粗雑ではなかった(そざつではなかった) |
| Te form (de) | 粗雑で(そざつで) |
| Adverbial (ni) | 粗雑に(そざつに) |
| Conditional (nara) | 粗雑なら(そざつなら) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- SynonymぞんざいCasualColloquial. Perfunctory and rude in how you treat people or things; it signals an attitude problem, so it sounds more disrespectful than 「粗雑」.
- Synonym粗いあらいNeutralNeutral. Coarse in texture — grains, mesh — or a rough estimate; can also describe work done sloppily, e.g. 「仕事が粗い」.
- Synonym粗末そまつNeutralNeutral. Crude and shabby — stresses that things are of poor quality; also used for treating things without care.
- SynonymずさんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Sloppy and full of holes, typically about mismanaged plans or work, as in 「杜撰な管理」; often used to assign blame.
- Related大雑把おおざっぱNeutralNeutral. Rough or broad, skipping the small details; can be praise or criticism, as in 「大雑把な性格」. More colloquial than 「粗雑」.
- Related大まかおおまかNeutralNeutral. Rough or broad — grasping the big picture and letting small things go; mostly neutral or positive, without the critical tone of 「粗雑」.
- Related荒っぽいあらっぽいCasualColloquial. Rough and wild in action and manner, as in 「乱暴に扱う」; puts more emphasis on force than 「粗雑」.
- Related散漫さんまんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Desultory and unfocused: attention that will not concentrate, or work with no clear organization.
- Related乱雑らんざつWrittenWritten/formal prose. Cluttered and disordered — things, or how you deal with them, are a mess, e.g. 「乱雑な部屋」.
- Relatedいい加減いいかげんCasualColloquial. Perfunctory, halfhearted, irresponsible; carries strong blame and is more common in daily speech than 「粗雑」.
- Related粗放そほうWrittenWritten/formal prose. A rough, unrefined approach that skips fine detail; also the term for extensive (not intensive) farming or management.
- Antonym精巧せいこうWrittenAntonym; written/formal prose. Exquisite and finely made, the opposite of 「粗雑」; mostly describes craftsmanship.
- Antonym丁寧ていねいNeutralAntonym. Careful and thorough, doing things properly instead of sloppily — the opposite of 「粗雑」; very common in everyday use.
Use 「粗雑」 for work or thinking that is rough and not carefully done — written/formal prose, as in 「粗雑な扱い」 or 「粗雑な議論」. For everyday carelessness, 「雑」 or 「いい加減」 is more natural; for simply not fussing over details, use 「大雑把」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only


