ゴミ

ゴミ

See also: コミ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
塵 芥

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ゴミ​ [gòmíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɡo̞mʲi]

Noun

ゴミ or ごみ • (gomi) 

1. trash, rubbish, garbage
   • 1986, 宮崎駿, director, 天空の城ラピュタ, spoken by ムスカ:

     見(み)ろ！人(ひと)がゴミのようだ！

     Miro! Hito ga gomi no yō da!

     Look! The people look just like garbage!

Usage notes

In a survey conducted by the Agency of Cultural Affairs in 2019, respondents were asked whether they preferred writing ゴミを捨てる or ごみを捨てる. 73.0% of respondents said they preferred the spelling ゴミ while 20.8% preferred ごみ.[1]

References

1. “平成30年度「国語に関する世論調査」の結果の概要”, in Agency for Cultural Affairs‎, accessed 2022-05-16