It stands for 空気読めない = くうきよめない = kuuki yomenai = KY = ケイワイ
Learned this from hyadain’s Mario song growing up lol, though afterwards saw it a lot more once I knew what it meant.
Do you love me? Are you riding?
I learned this at work when a coworker was complaining to me about someone else (admittedly a dimwit). I laughed and told her the first thing that came to mind was KY Intense.
What a throw back! I learnt this word years and years ago (really showing my age here, eesh) because a member of Morning Musume was always described that way. Shout out to Ikuta Erina ✌🏻
The only time I heard it outside of this context was when a teacher used it to describe one of our students. Haven’t seen it anywhere else, really.
It’s in Helvetica Standard/Nichijou. So I knew about it before I even started learning Japanese
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This is a very widely known/widely used word.
It stands for 空気読めない = くうきよめない = kuuki yomenai = KY = ケイワイ
Learned this from hyadain’s Mario song growing up lol, though afterwards saw it a lot more once I knew what it meant.
Do you love me? Are you riding?
I learned this at work when a coworker was complaining to me about someone else (admittedly a dimwit). I laughed and told her the first thing that came to mind was KY Intense.
Makes more sense than [DQN](https://jisho.org/search/DQN).
https://preview.redd.it/om2fyenihxae1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=19c071c64d24ecb8e82dabb8884125b24f49d185
What a throw back! I learnt this word years and years ago (really showing my age here, eesh) because a member of Morning Musume was always described that way. Shout out to Ikuta Erina ✌🏻
The only time I heard it outside of this context was when a teacher used it to describe one of our students. Haven’t seen it anywhere else, really.
It’s in Helvetica Standard/Nichijou. So I knew about it before I even started learning Japanese
Oh I know it.
It fits me to a tee.
CKY