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ウンチク

February 5, 2023

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Yomi

うんちく

Rōmaji

unchiku

Type

noun

Meaning

a trivia; unimportant and niche knowledge

Synonym

トリビア, 雑学

Additional Info

トリビア (trivia) is also used with a similar meaning, but ウンチク tends to have a more negative connotation as it is more strongly associated with people who proudly talk at length about their knowledge about something niche they love.

It is also written in hiragana うんちく or less commonly in kanji 蘊蓄.

Example

彼と寿司屋に行った時、寿司のウンチクを長々と語ってきてウザかった
When I went to a sushi restaurant with him, he talked at length about his knowledge of sushi and that was annoying.

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