kimoi キモイ

In Japanese, kimoi キモイ, also spelled kimoi キモい, means "unpleasant," or "gross," or "disgusting," or "creepy," or "cringey," or "disturbing," etc. It's a slang, an abbreviation of kimochi warui 気持ち悪い. Basically everything that kimochi warui means kimoi means too, so just check that article instead.

Manga: Gabriel DropOut, ガヴリールドロップアウト (Chapter 12)

• Usage
• キモかった

Usage

Because kimoi キモイ is a slang, in anime and manga it tends to be used by more trendy characters than the generic bland personality main character, or the introverted main character, or the good Samaritan main character, etc.

When used as a reaction to something gross, it's sometimes shortened further:

• kimo'! キモっ！
  kimo! キモ！
  Gross!

Sometimes, kimoi is used to call someone gross. It's a recurring scenario for a bunch of trendy girls to call a nerdy guy kimoi and stuff like that.

• kimoi otaku キモイオタク
  Disgusting nerd.
• kimo-ota キモオタ
  (abbreviation of the above.)
• kimoi ossan キモイオッサン
  Disgusting old man.

Note that kimoi doesn't literally means "gross." It's an abbreviation of kimochi warui, so it can be anything that makes you "feel bad," anything that's "unpleasant."

Manga: Gabriel DropOut, ガヴリールドロップアウト (Chapter 12)

• Context: Satania had asked Vignette to tell about something that happened in the past, but in the middle of the story she asked to stop.
• nani?
  なに？
  What [is it]?
• hanase tte
  itte oite
  nanda kedo
  話せって言っておいてなんだけど
  [I know I] told [you] to "tell [the story]" but
• gomen
  ごめん
  Sorry.
• kimoi!!
  キモイ！！
  It's cringey!!
• jaa hanasu no yameru?
  じゃあ話すのやめる？
  Then [should I] stop telling?
• iya
  kiku kedo'
  いや聞くけどっ
  No, [I'll] listen regardless.

Kimokatta キモかった

Despite being a slangy abbreviation, kimoi キモイ is technically an i-adjective, and it can be inflected as such.

For example, kimokatta キモかった means the same thing as kimochi warukatta 気持ち悪かった: that something was kimochi warui, or kimoi, in the past.

Manga: Gabriel DropOut, ガヴリールドロップアウト (Chapter 12)

• aaaa
  あーーー
  Aaah
• kimokatta
  キモかった
  [That] was cringey.
• watashi sono kuukan
  zettai muri da wa
  私その空間絶対無理だわ
  I, that space, absolutely impossible.
  • i.e. I wouldn't be able to handle it being in that space. (being there amidst the cringey-ness.)

Another example:

• kyou hiru-goro
  今日昼頃
  Today, around noon.
• wari to kimoku josei ni nanpa wo shita ue
  割とキモく女性にナンパをした上
  On top of hitting on girls in a rather creepy [way]
• rojou de bakusui wo shita to shite
  路上で爆睡をしたとして
  [Crashed and] slept on the street.
• "michi no ue de netari
  onna no ko ni koe wo kaketari
  shitara ikenai-n-da-yo zai" no yougi de
  「道の上で寝たり
  女の子に声をかけたり
  したらいけないんだよ罪」の容疑で
  On the suspicion of "the crime of
  sleeping on the street and
  talking to girls,
  [stuff that you shouldn't do.]"
• jishou yuuryou bukken
  自称優良物件
  Self-proclaimed excellent [marriage material].
• Hirata Nanami yougisha ga taiho saremashita.
  ヒラタナナミ容疑者が逮捕されました。
  Suspect Hirata Nanami was apprehended.
• yougisha wa
  "kimokatta no wa mitomeru kedo
  watashi datte
  kawaii onna no ko to oshaberi shitai~
  shita~shitai~shitai~shitai~
  yada yada yada..."
  nado to kyoujutsu shite-ori.
  容疑者は
  「キモかったのは認めるけど
  私だって
  可愛い女の子とおしゃべりしたい～
  したい～したい～したい～したい～
  やだやだやだ･･･」
  などと供述しており
  [In the] testimony, the suspect [said]
  "I admit it was creepy
  but even I
  want to talk with cute girls~
  I want to~I want to~I want to~I want to~
  *insert whining here*"
  [and things like that].
• yougi wo mitometeiru toiu koto desu.
  容疑を認めているということです。
  [Meaning that he's] admitting the suspicion.
• —Beesu Rain Yatteru? Shou
  ベースラインやってる？笑
  Are [you] on baseLINE? Lol.
  Can I Friend You On Bassbook? Lol.
  Song by Camellia, album 4orce! released in 2018.
  • LINE is an app for instant messaging.
  • Yes, these are actual lyrics from the song.