How to Say "Rubbish" in Japanese

ごみ

gomi

The Japanese word for "rubbish" is ごみ (gomi).

ごみ is used to refer to items of low quality.

Meaning: items of low quality (noun)

How do you pronounce it?

gomi

In Japan, the process of sorting ごみ is so strict that some municipalities provide detailed booklets explaining which category an item belongs to.
If you want to describe something as being of extremely low quality or 'rubbish' in a metaphorical sense, you might use the word ゴミ (written in katakana) to describe a person or a useless object.
There is a specific term, 資源ごみ (shigen gomi), which means 'resource rubbish' and is used for recyclable items like bottles and cans to frame them as valuable resources rather than waste.

ごみを外に出して。
Take the rubbish out.
This sentence is useful for practicing the instruction to take the ごみ out.
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今日は不燃ごみの日だよ。
Today is a non-burnable rubbish day.
This sentence is useful for identifying a day for non-burnable ごみ.
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この会議の提案は、完全に無駄です。
This proposal in the meeting is completely rubbish.
この電話はヤバイ！
This phone is rubbish!
この店のごみのような製品は買いたくない。
Kono mise no gomi no you na seihin wa kaitakunai.
I don't want to buy such rubbish products from this shop.

Kenta and Misaki are looking at a cheap product online.

美咲 Misaki

この商品、安くていいと思う。
Kono shōhin, yasukute ii to omou.
I think this product is good because it's cheap.
健太 Kenta

見たところ、ただのごみだよ。
Mita tokoro, tada no gomi da yo.
From the looks of it, it's just rubbish.
美咲 Misaki

そんなにひどいかな？
Sonna ni hidoi kana?
Is it really that bad?
健太 Kenta

すぐに壊れるはずだよ。
Sugu ni kowareru hazu da yo.
It will probably break immediately.

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