かっこいい, Kakkoii - Meaning in Japanese

In Japanese, kakkoii かっこいい means "good-looking." It's generally used toward things and people who "look good," in various ways, such as looking "cool," "impressive," "stylish," "fashionable," "admirable," and so on.

Variants of the word include: kakkoii カッコイイ, kakko-ii カッコいい, かっこ良い, kakko-yoi かっこよい, kakkou-ii 格好いい, 格好良い, kakkou-yoi 格好よい, and kakkee かっけえ, かっけぇ, かっけー.

• Usage
• "Cool"
• "To Look Cool"
• "Good-Looking"
• "Good-Impression"
• "Fashionable"
• "Attractive"
• "Admirable"
• かっこいい所
• Similar Words
• Sarcastic Usage
• Conjugation

かっこ悪い, Kakkowarui - Meaning in Japanese

In Japanese, kakkowarui かっこ悪い means "lame." It's used when someone, something they wear, or something they do, is "uncool," or "un-stylish," "or un-fashioable", or leaves a bad impression in general.

Variants include kakko-warui カッコ悪い, kakko-warii かっこワリぃ, and kakkou-warui 格好悪い.

• Usage
• かっこ悪い所

格好, Kakkou - Meaning in Japanese

In Japanese, kakkou 格好 means the "appearance" of something, but in the sense of "how it looks" to you or to other people. In anime, it's often used to talk about how someone is dressed, specially if it's a weird outfit.

The word kakkou can also mean the "state," "situation" something is in when qualified by an adjective, and it can mean "suitable" when turned into an adjective. Sometimes, it's abbreviated to kakko カッコ.

Manga: Gabriel DropOut, Gavuriiru Doroppuauto ガヴリールドロップアウト (Chapter 20)

• "Appearance"
• こんな格好 vs. この格好
• 格好いい, 格好悪い
• "Situation"
• "Suitable"
• 恰好 vs. 格好
• Further Reading

キモい, Kimoi - Meaning in Japanese

In Japanese, kimoi キモい means "unpleasant," or "gross," or "disgusting," or "creepy," or "cringey," or "disturbing," etc. It's a slang, an abbreviation of kimochi warui 気持ち悪い. Basically everything that kimochi warui means kimoi means too, so just check that article instead.

Manga: Gabriel DropOut, Gavuriiru Doroppuauto ガヴリールドロップアウト (Chapter 12)

• Usage
• キモかった

気持ち悪い, Kimochi Warui - Meaning in Japanese

In Japanese, kimochi warui 気持ち悪い, means literally "of bad feeling," or "unpleasant." It's an expression used when something "feels bad," like when it's gross, creepy, disgusting, cringey, or simply when you don't feel well about it. Grammatically, it's an i-adjective.

Sometimes, kimochi warui is abbreviated to kimoi キモい.

Manga: Goblin Slayer, Goburin Sureyaa ゴブリンスレイヤー (Chapter 6)

• Grammar
• Usage
• "Gross"
• "Creepy"
• "Disturbing"
• Conjugation
• 気持ち悪かった
• 気持ち悪くない
• 気持ち悪く
• 気持ち悪くて

気持ちいい, Kimochi-ii - Meaning in Japanese

In Japanese, kimochi-ii 気持ちいい means literally "of good feeling," or less literally "pleasant." It's an expression used when something "feels good," like rain, for example, but grammatically it's classified as an i-adjective.

The word is also spelled kimochi-ii 気持ち良い, and kimichi-yoi 気持ちよい is a synonymous variant.

Manga: Kids on the Slope, Sakamichi no Apollon 坂道のアポロン (Chapter 2)

• Grammar
• Usage
• Conjugation
• 気持ちよかった
• 気持ちよくない
• 気持ちよく
• 気持ちよさ
• 気持ちよさそう

良さ, Yosa - Meaning in Japanese

In Japanese, yosa 良さ, also spelled yosa よさ, means "good-ness" or "how good it is." It's the sa-form, "-ness form," of the i-adjective yoi 良い, "good," and the de facto sa-form of its more common synonym, ii いい.

Don't mistake yosa 良さ with yosasou 良さそう, which means "it seems it's good," or with the expression yossha! よっしゃ！, "alright!"

• Examples

この人, その人, あの人 Kono Hito, Sono Hito, Ano Hito - Meaning in Japanese

In Japanese, kono hito, sono hito, ano hito この人, その人, あの人 mean literally "this person," "that person (near you)," and "that person (far from you)" respectively.

• Usage
• なんだこの人？！

この子, その子, あの子, Kono Ko, Sono Ko, Ano Ko - Meaning in Japanese

In Japanese, the phrases kono ko, sono ko, ano ko この子, その子, あの子 are used to refer to children, or to people the same age or younger than the speaker, or even to animals.

Manga: Rozen Maiden (chapter 10)

• Usage
• Examples

悪い子, Warui Ko - Meaning in Japanese

In Japanese, warui ko 悪い子 means a "bad kid," in the sense of a misbehaving, naughty child. It can also refer to a "bad," Warui 悪い, adult or animal, who's like a naughty kid—doing mischief and stuff—because of how Ko 子 works.

The antonym would be ii ko いい子, "good child."

• Usage
• Toward Adults
• Related Vocabulary

いい子, ii ko - Meaning in Japanese

In Japanese, ii ko いい子, also spelled ii ko 良い子, means "good child," or "good kid." It can also be used toward adults, animals, etc. depending on context to say they're a "good," ii いい, person, animal, etc. See Ko 子 for details.

The phrase yoi ko よい子 is a synonymous variant.

Manga: Usagi Drop うさぎドロップ (Chapter 2)

• Usage
• いい子にしてた
• いい子にしててね
• Malicious Usage

良さそう, Yosasou - Meaning in Japanese

In Japanese, yosasou よさそう, also spelled yosasou 良さそう, means "looks like it's good." It's what you get when you add the sou そう suffix to the sa-form of the i-adjective yoi よい, "good." It's also de facto the sou-form of the synonym ii いい.

• 良さそうな
• 良そう vs. 良さそう

よしよし, Yoshi Yoshi - Meaning in Japanese

In Japanese, yoshi yoshi よしよし means "there, there," in the "it's alright, shh" sense used to comfort children, and sometimes to calm down crying children, etc.

Literally, yoshiyoshi means "alright, alright." It's the word yoshi よし, "alright," twice.

Manga: Doraemon ドラえもん (Chapter 1)

• kowai yume wo mita no none.
  こわいゆめを見たのね。
  [You] saw a scary dream, [didn't you]?
• kawai-sou ni, oo, yoshi yoshi.
  かわいそうに、おお、よしよし。
  [Poor thing], oh, there there.

よっしゃ, Yossha - Meaning in Japanese

In Japanese, yossha よっしゃ means "ALRIGHT!!!" It's like the word yoshi よし, except that yossha is pretty much always used to shout and enthusiastically cheer while yoshi has other uses.

Manga: One Piece, Wan Piisu ワンピース (Chapter 589)

• Usage
• Variants

よし, Yoshi - Meaning in Japanese

In Japanese, yoshi よし means "alright!" It's often an expressions used when you're ready to do something—"alright, let's go!"—or it can simply mean something is okay—"that's alright too."

Sometimes, it's pronounced yooshi よーし instead.

Manga: One Piece, Wan Piisu ワンピース (Chapter 598)

• Usage
• これでよし
• それもよし
• よしとする
• Yoshi in Japanese