わや

Register

Kansai (関西(かんさい)) dialect, particularly common in Osaka.

Similar words

めちゃくちゃ / だめ (standard Japanese)

Forms

• わやくちゃ - total mess (emphatic)
• わやになる - to become a mess
• わやにする - to mess up

Usage

Expresses a stronger sense of chaos or ruin than simply "messy." Often used when something goes completely wrong or becomes hopelessly disordered.

Etymology

Believed to derive from 枠(わく) (frame) breaking or becoming distorted, or possibly from 我(わ)が野(や) (wild place).