Contempt: Japanese Quotes & Phrases

（勝手にプリンを食べた友人へ）お前さんは、冷蔵庫の掟を何もわかっちゃいねぇ。

(To a friend who ate my pudding) “You don't understand the rules of the refrigerator at all.”

（月曜に宿題を全部忘れて）そりゃ悪手だろ、昨日の自分。

(Forgetting all your homework on Monday) “That was a bad move, yesterday-me.”

（写真フォルダを見て）キミの敗因は猫の写真への容量の無駄使い♥

(Looking at the photo folder) “The reason you lost is that you wasted all your storage on cat photos. ♥”

オンライン会議で同僚が資料を全く準備していないのを見て、「そんな準備で大丈夫か？」

In an online meeting, seeing a coworker totally unprepared: “Are you sure you’re okay with that preparation?”

繁忙期のショッピングモールで人の波を見下ろしながら、「見ろ、人がゴミのようだ！」

Looking down at the sea of shoppers during holiday sales: “Look, people are like garbage!”

営業現場での不便を訴えても、上は資料の見た目ばかり気にしていて、同僚が皮肉を込めて言った。「資料なんて飾りです。偉い人にはそれがわからんのですよ。」

Even after voicing real struggles at the sales frontline, the higher-ups only care about presentation. A coworker mutters sarcastically: “Reports are just for show. The bigwigs don’t understand.”

弟が生意気な態度を取った時、
「弟のくせに生意気な！」

When a younger sibling acts overly confident,
'You're cheeky for a little brother!'

試験結果が悪かった友人に冗談で、
「点数…たったの30か…ゴミめ…」

When joking about a friend’s poor exam score,
'A test score… only thirty? Pathetic trash…'

周りで結婚が続いたとき、
「まるで結婚のバーゲンセールだな…」

When everyone around you keeps getting married:
'It's like a marriage bargain sale...'