無作法(ぶさほう)

ぶさほう
na-adjective / noun
ill-mannered, rude, bad manners
1. ill-mannered, rude, bad manners
Behavior or a person that lacks proper manners or etiquette. Implies a violation of social norms or established codes of conduct.
無作法(ぶさほう)な態度(たいど)はよくない。
An ill-mannered attitude is not good.
食事中(しょくじちゅう)にスマホを見(み)るのは無作法(ぶさほう)だ。
Looking at your smartphone during a meal is bad manners.
客(きゃく)の前(まえ)であくびをするとは、なんと無作法(ぶさほう)な人(ひと)だろう。
To yawn in front of a guest — what an ill-mannered person.

USAGE:
Can function as both a na-adjective (無作法(ぶさほう)な) and a noun (無作法(ぶさほう)). The word carries a somewhat formal or old-fashioned tone. In everyday speech, 行儀(ぎょうぎ)が悪(わる)い (badly behaved) or 失礼(しつれい) (rude) are more common alternatives.

KANJI NOTE:
無(ぶ) (without) + 作法(さほう) (etiquette, manners). The reading ぶ for 無(ぶ) is the on'yomi prefix meaning "without" or "lacking."

RELATED WORDS:

  • 作法(さほう): manners, etiquette
  • 行儀(ぎょうぎ)が悪(わる)い: badly behaved, ill-mannered
  • 失礼(しつれい): rude, impolite

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 無作法(ぶさほう)な振(ふ)る舞(ま)い: ill-mannered behavior
  • 無作法(ぶさほう)な態度(たいど): rude attitude
  • 無作法(ぶさほう)を詫(わ)びる: to apologize for one's rudeness
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