“Unrefined” in Japanese
Short answer
Unrefined in Japanese is “がさつ” (gasatsu). Full meaning: crude, unrefined, coarse, rough; ill-mannered, rude, insensitive, tactless, boorish.
Other ways to say “Unrefined” in Japanese
泥臭い
dorokusai smelling of mud, smelling of earth; unrefined, unpolished, uncouth, crude
ごつい
gotsui large and rough, big and tough, rugged (hands, features, etc.), hard, sturdy, chunky, burly; unrefined, rustic, boorish; extreme, excessive, tremendous, terrible
野暮ったい
yabottai unfashionable, uncouth, unrefined, unpolished, unsophisticated
無骨
bukotsu boorish, unrefined, rustic, uncouth, clumsy, brusque
没風流
botsufuuryuu unrefined, tasteless, inelegant, prosaic, unpoetic, unromantic, boorish
無風流
bufuuryuu unrefined, tasteless, inelegant, prosaic, unpoetic, unromantic, boorish
品がない
hinganai unrefined (character, manners), mean, vulgar, bad taste, lacking style
ガサツ
gasatsu crude, unrefined, coarse, rough; ill-mannered, rude, insensitive, tactless, boorish
諸味
moromi main fermenting mash (in production of sake or soy sauce), unrefined sake or soy sauce; unrefined (sake, soy sauce, etc.), rough
粗鬆
soshou rough, crude, unrefined
野暮
yabo boorish, unsophisticated, unrefined, uncouth, tasteless, insensitive, thoughtless, dumb
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