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安っぽい (やすっぽい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

安やすっぽい

や

す

っ

ぽ

い

Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

i-adjective

cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant

Describes something that looks or feels cheap, shoddy, or lacking in substance; can refer to appearance, quality, or a person's character/actions.

このネックレスは安やすっぽく見みえるけど、実じつは高たかいんだ。
This necklace looks cheap, but it's actually expensive.
彼かれの言いい訳わけは

安やす

っぽく

て

、

誰だれ

も

信しん

じ

なかっ

た

。

His excuse was flimsy and nobody believed it.

Kanji

安relax, cheap, low

Similar words

安やすい
安い simply means 'inexpensive' or 'low-priced' without the negative connotation of poor quality or appearance that 安っぽい carries.
ちゃちい
ちゃちい is a more colloquial and slightly stronger word for 'cheap' or 'shoddy', often implying flimsiness or poor construction.

Etymology

Formed from 安 (yasu, 'cheap') + the suffix っぽい (-ppoi, '-ish, -like'), which adds a sense of 'tending to be' or 'having the quality of'.