- yabo boorish, unsophisticated, unrefined, uncouth, tasteless, insensitive, thoughtless, dumb
Used in casual or literary contexts to criticize someone as unrefined or socially clueless, often with a tone of disdain.
そんなこと聞くのは野暮だよ。
Sonna koto kiku no wa yabo da yo.
It's tactless to ask that.
彼の服装は野暮ったい。
Kare no fukusō wa yabotta i.
His clothes are unfashionable.
⚖️ Commonly confused with 無粋 (burai), which also means unrefined but often implies a lack of aesthetic sense rather than social awkwardness.
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