How to Say ‘piece of crap’ in Japanese
ゴミくず
gomi kuzu
[goh-mee koo-zoo]
💬 Usage Tip: Japanese often stacks insult nouns directly like this: [ゴミ] + [くず]. You can see the same kind of piling up in phrases like [ばか野郎].
🇯🇵 In Japan: [ゴミ] and [クズ] are both common insults on their own, so combining them makes this especially nasty. It sounds more like verbal abuse than a casual put-down.
Phrase Breakdown
ゴミ
gomi
[goh-mee]
trash; garbage
ゴミ literally means garbage. As an insult it suggests worthlessness.
人を利用するなんて、ゴミくずみたいなやつだ。
Using people like that, he is like human trash.
くず
kuzu
[koo-zoo]
crumbs; trash; scum
くず literally means scraps or junk, and as an insult means scum or worthless person.
人を利用するなんて、ゴミくずみたいなやつだ。
Using people like that, he is like human trash.
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