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雑 - N3 Kanji

Meaning of 雑 意味

miscellaneous

雑 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI 音読み

まじ.える maji.eru
まじ.る maji.ru

KUNYOMI 訓読み

ザツ zatsu
ゾウ zou

Examples

お客が雑な作りのスタンドに座って靴を磨いてもらっている。A customer is having his shoes shined on a slapped-together stand.
彼は仕事が雑だ。He is careless and untidy in his work.
彼、一気呵成に書き上げたと言ってたけど、この提案書、少し雑だね。He said he dashed this proposal off in one sitting. It’s pretty sloppy.

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