もう結構です is the polite “that’s enough”. もういい is “forget it”, and in manzai もういいよ (or Kansai もうええわ) is the classic line that ends the whole routine.
Use it withFriends OKCoworkers carefulBoss / teacher avoid
Can sound fed up. もういいよ between friends; never to a boss.
478 lines with もういい from 144 comedians in the library · Counts updated 2026-10-07
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ななめ45°「父親との偶然の再会」Naname 45° · A Chance Reunion with Dad
At the end of the sketch, one says their teamwork proves they are father and son, but the other refuses to accept it.
Culture note Japanese comedy duos often end a sketch with 'もういいよ' (enough already) before bowing out.
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もういいよ
Enough already.
Textbookもう結構です。Textbook '結構です' is swapped for the everyday word 'いい', the polite 'です' is dropped, and sentence-final 'よ' is added: 'もう結構です' → 'もういいよ' = 'enough already'. It is the classic line that ends a comedy routine.
One partner is lecturing the other at length on how a pun involving 'pants' should properly be made.
Culture note 'Hakichigaeru' (noun: 'hakichigai') literally means putting on the wrong footwear or clothes, and figuratively means to misunderstand. Since 'haku' is also the verb for wearing pants, it makes a natural pants pun.
The words appear when the audience laughs.
もういいわパンツの話うるさいな
Enough already, you're so annoying with the pants stuff.
Textbookパンツの話はもう結構です。静かにしてください。Polite 「もう結構です」 becomes plain 「もういい」, and emphatic 「わ」 makes it a flat, fed-up 'Enough!'
もういい means “enough! / forget it”. もう結構です is the polite “that’s enough”. もういい is “forget it”, and in manzai もういいよ (or Kansai もうええわ) is the classic line that ends the whole routine.
Is もういい rude? Who can you say it to?
With friends: OK. With coworkers: careful. With a boss or teacher: avoid. Can sound fed up. もういいよ between friends; never to a boss.
How common is もういい in real speech?
In 1,905 live comedy routines, もういい appears in 478 lines from 144 comedians.