Last Updated :2026/01/07

きもかわいい

Adjective
alt-of alternative
Japanese Meaning
「きもい(気持ち悪い/キモい)」と「かわいい(可愛い)」を組み合わせた俗語的な形容詞で、気味が悪い・不気味であるという印象と、愛らしい・魅力的だという印象を同時に抱く対象について使う語。見た目や雰囲気が少し不気味だったりグロテスクだったりするが、どこか憎めない、可愛らしいと感じられるものを指す。
Easy Japanese Meaning
すこしこわくてきもちわるいが、どこかかわいくもかんじるようす
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
诡异而可爱 / 怪萌 / 令人不适却可爱
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
既怪異又可愛的 / 既噁心又可愛的 / 醜萌的
Korean Meaning
‘キモカワイイ’의 다른 표기 / 징그럽지만 귀여운
Vietnamese Meaning
vừa ghê rợn vừa dễ thương / kỳ quặc nhưng dễ thương / dễ thương kiểu hơi rợn
Tagalog Meaning
nakakadiri pero cute / nakakakilabot pero kaibig-ibig / kakaibang cute na medyo nakakatakot
What is this buttons?

That character is reputed to be creepy-cute.

Chinese (Simplified) Translation

那个角色被认为既恶心又可爱。

Chinese (Traditional) Translation

那個角色被評為「噁萌」。

Korean Translation

그 캐릭터는 '키모카와이'(오싹하면서도 귀엽다)라는 평을 받고 있다.

Vietnamese Translation

Nhân vật đó được cho là vừa ghê rợn vừa dễ thương.

Tagalog Translation

Sinasabing creepy-cute ang karakter na iyon.

What is this buttons?
Sense(1)

Alternative spelling of キモカワイイ.

romanization

adverbial

table-tags

inflection-template

imperfective stem

imperfective stem

continuative stem

continuative stem

stem terminative

stem terminative

attributive stem

attributive stem

hypothetical stem

hypothetical stem

imperative stem

imperative stem

informal negative

informal negative

informal past

informal past

informal negative past

informal negative past

formal

formal

formal negative

formal negative

formal past

formal past

formal negative past

formal negative past

conjunctive

conjunctive

conditional

conditional

conditional past

conditional past

volitional

volitional

adverbial

adverbial

noun-from-adj

noun-from-adj

Quizzes for review

Alternative spelling of キモカワイイ.

See correct answer

きもかわいい

そのキャラクターはきもかわいいと評判です。

See correct answer

That character is reputed to be creepy-cute.

That character is reputed to be creepy-cute.

See correct answer

そのキャラクターはきもかわいいと評判です。

Japanese - English

Word Edit Setting
  • Users who have edit permission for words - All Users
  • Screen new word creation
  • Screen word edits
  • Screen word deletion
  • Screen changing entry name
  • Users authorized to vote on judging - All Users
  • Number of votes required for decision - 1
Sentence Edit Setting
  • Users who have edit permission for sentences - All Users
  • Screen sentence deletion
  • Users authorized to vote on judging - Editor
  • Number of votes required for decision - 1
Quiz Edit Setting
  • Users who have edit permission for quizzes - All Users
  • Users authorized to vote on judging - Editor
  • Number of votes required for decision - 1
Editing Guideline

Login / Sign up

 

Download the app!
DiQt

DiQt

Free

★★★★★★★★★★