Japanese edit

Etymology edit

Shortening of ばばっちい (babatchii) of same meaning.[1][2][3] Appears in texts from the early 1980s.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

ばっちい (batchii-i (adverbial ばっちく (batchiku))

  1. (informal, childish) dirty, unclean

Inflection edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN