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You are here: Home / Standard / イチャモン (ichamon) Meaning ‘Unreasonable Complaints’ in Japanese

イチャモン (ichamon) Meaning ‘Unreasonable Complaints’ in Japanese

September 12, 2018

Table of Contents

  • Pronunciation
  • Definition
  • Synonym ケチをつける
  • Example Sentences

Pronunciation

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Definition

イチャモン (いちゃもん, ichamon) is a casual but advanced Japanese word meaning unreasonable and/or nitpicky complaints. It is usually used as “イチャモンをつける”, meaning ” to give unreasonable complaints” or “to nitpick”.

Synonym ケチをつける

“イチャモンをつける” and “ケチをつける” are synonyms to each other, and these expressions are basically interchangeable. The slight difference would be: ケチをつける is more often used when someone complains about something that is great enough and satisfactory for a majority of people. For example, ケチをつける is more suitable to use when someone complains about the performance of an MVP player. Another difference is that “イチャモン” can be used as a noun by itself meaning “complainant”, while “ケチ” cannot be; interestingly, “ケチ” is usually used as a na-adjective that means “stingy”, which is considered to be irrelevant to the idiom (although these words seem to share the same origin).

Example Sentences

Ex1
批判ひはんのほとんどはイチャモンだから気きにしなくて良いい
Most of the criticisms are イチャモン (unreasonable complaints), so you needn’t worry about it.

Ex2
すぐイチャモンをつけてくる人ひととは距離きょりを置おこう
You should keep away from people who always イチャモンをつける (make non-sense complaints)

Ex3
他人たにんの生いき方かたにケチをつけるな
Don’t ケチをつける (make unreasonable complaints/negative comments) about others’ lifestyle

Synonyms: 文句もんく (complaint), 言いいがかり, 難癖なんくせ
Synonyms in English: nitpick, complain
Related words and phrases: ケチをつける

Filed Under: Standard Tagged With: complain, nitpick, picky, 文句, 言いいがかり, 難癖

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