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わざとらしい

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word わざとらしい

態とらしい
~い Adj.
Usually kana
Freq #5080
1

unnatural; affected; studied; forced

Examples
彼のわざとらしい話し方が嫌いだ。
I don't like his affected manner of speaking.

Kanji in this Word

14 strokes
Frequency: 353
JLPT N1
Grade 5

Meanings

attitude
condition
figure
appearance
voice (of verbs)

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
タイ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
わざ.と
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