雑

ざつ · zatsu · JLPT N1 · na-adj

rough

🪨 Originally means mixed together; a mixed bag is unpolished, so rough

Think of 雑 as things thrown together without sorting or polishing, so the result is rough and crude. The same sense of mixed-up shows in 雑誌 (zasshi), a magazine, which is a miscellaneous collection of articles.

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