JLPT N5 · い-adjective

うるさい (urusai)

うるさい is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “noisy; loud”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: うるさい
Romaji: urusai
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

noisy; loud · い-adjective · usually written in kana
annoying; troublesome; tiresome; persistent; importunate · い-adjective · usually written in kana
fussy; finicky; picky; particular; nagging · い-adjective · usually written in kana
shut up; be quiet · interjection · usually written in kana

Example sentences

隣の部屋がうるさいのです。

It's noisy next door.

Tatoeba #77761

あの子はなんてうるさい子だろう。

What a nuisance that child is!

Tatoeba #230966

彼女は服装にうるさい。

She is particular about what she wears.

Tatoeba #86838

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of うるさい

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	うるさい	うるさい urusai
Negative	うるさくない	うるさくない urusakunai
Past	うるさかった	うるさかった urusakatta
Negative past	うるさくなかった	うるさくなかった urusakunakatta
Te-form	うるさくて	うるさくて urusakute
Adverb (~ku)	うるさく	うるさく urusaku
Conditional (~ba)	うるさければ	うるさければ urusakereba

Source: JMdict entry 1481920 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.