At a personal gym, a trainer opens with a rude request, and the client pushes back as the trainer tries to explain.
Culture note In Japan, 'good bacteria' and 'bad bacteria' are everyday words, well known from yogurt and health-drink ads.
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菌うるせえよ
Shut up about bacteria!
Textbook菌の話はもうやめてください。「うるせえ」 is a rough sound change of 「うるさい」 (「-ai」 → 「-ee」). Bare 「菌」 + 「うるせえよ」 = 'shut up about bacteria', far from polite 「静かにしてください」.
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タチェット「整体師とケンカ」Tachette · Fighting with the Chiropractor
A staff member keeps giving a confusing explanation about a customer's posture, and the customer is getting angry.
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うるせえベラベラベラベラ
Shut up! Blah blah blah blah!
Textbook静かにしてください。そんなにべらべら話さないでください。'うるせえ' is 'うるさい' with 'ai' collapsed into 'ee'—a rough 'shut up'; 'ベラベラ' mimics nonstop chatter.
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ななめ45°「父親との偶然の再会」Naname 45° · A Chance Reunion with Dad
One person keeps insisting their own reunion comes first, even after the other tells them to stop joking.
Culture note In Japanese, 再会 (reunion) and 再開 (resume) are both pronounced 'saikai', so the joke is a pun.
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再開再開うるせーな。
Reunion this, resume that—shut up already!
Textbook「さいかい、さいかい」と、うるさいですね。'うるさい' becomes 'うるせー': the 'ai' sound collapses into a long 'ee', a rough, masculine form; 'な' adds exasperation.
One student explains that another student's lightning power is useless because lightning rods absorb all the lightning.
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うるせー
Shut up!
Textbook静かにしてください。Instead of the polite request '静かにしてください' ('please be quiet'), the speaker snaps 'うるさい' ('you're noisy / annoying'), which becomes 'うるせー' as the 'ai' fuses into a long 'ee': a rough, snapping 'Shut up!'
One performer gives the other a crude new nickname.
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うるせえよお前
Shut up, you.
Textbook静かにしてください。Instead of the polite request 静かにしてください, he just calls the other person 'noisy': うるさい, which in rough speech becomes うるせえ (the '-ai' ending collapses to '-ee', masculine and harsh). 'よ' adds push, and 'お前' ('you') is tacked on after.
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金色グラフティ「カップルの喧嘩」Kiniro Graffiti · A Couple's Fight
Two performers are acting out a couple's fight, and one of them starts describing, in more and more ridiculous detail, what they would do if their girlfriend ran off.
The words appear when the audience laughs.
うるさい!
Shut up!
Textbook静かにしてください。The plain adjective 'うるさい' ('noisy, annoying') is shouted as a blunt 'shut up' instead of the polite request '静かにしてください'.
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More lines with うるさい／うるせえ
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うるさい／うるせえ means “shut up / you’re so annoying”. うるさい literally means “noisy”, but it is also the go-to “shut up” or “you’re so annoying”. うるせえ is the rough version (the -sai turns into -see).
Is うるさい／うるせえ rude? Who can you say it to?
With friends: OK. With coworkers: avoid. With a boss or teacher: avoid. Can sound rude. Friends only; never to a boss.
How common is うるさい／うるせえ in real speech?
In 1,905 live comedy routines, うるさい／うるせえ appears in 356 lines from 126 comedians.