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► 副詞
ごちゃごちゃ  [(1)ごちゃごちゃ]  [coll]    meaning:  complain  rank: 1
☆ ごちゃごちゃ文句言ってないで仕事をしろ ⇨ Stop bitching and do your job  (☛ Talk nonsense, typically lame excuses or complaints)

ごちゃごちゃ  [(1)ごちゃごちゃ]  [ごちゃごちゃ言う]  [coll]    meaning:  complain  rank: 1
☆ ごちゃごちゃ言うな ⇨ Stop talking nonsense. Stop babbling

ぐずぐず  [(1)ぐずぐず]  [coll]    meaning:  complain  rank: 2
☆ いつまでもぐずぐず言うな ⇨ Stop bitching and moaning already  (☛ Complain rather quietly yet persistently)

ぐちゃぐちゃ  [ぐちゃぐちゃ]  [coll]    meaning:  complain  rank: 2
☆ ぐちゃぐちゃ文句言うな ⇨ Stop bitching and moaning

ぶつぶつ  [(1)ぶつぶつ]  [ぶつぶつ言う]  [coll]    meaning:  complain  rank: 2
☆ をぶつぶつ言ってるんだ? ⇨ What are you grumbling about?  (☛ Complain persistently in a muted way)

がたがた  [(1)がたがた]  [がたがた言う]  [coll]  [rude]    meaning:  complain  rank: 3
☆ がたがた言うな! ⇨ Stop bitching, complaining, criticizing

ごたごた  [(1)ごたごた]  [coll]    meaning:  complain  rank: 3
☆ ごたごた文句言うな ⇨ Don’t bitch and moan

ぶうぶう  [(1)ぶうぶう]  [coll]    meaning:  complain  rank: 3
☆ あいつはブーブー文句言っている ⇨ He is bitching and moaning loudly

ぶつくさ  [(1)ぶつくさ]  [ぶつくさ言う]  [coll]    meaning:  complain  rank: 3
☆ をぶつくさ言ってるんだ? ⇨ What are you grumbling about?  (☛ Complain persistently in a muted way)

うだうだ  [(1)うだうだ]  [coll]    meaning:  complain  rank: 4
☆ をうだうだ言ってるんだ? ⇨ What are you bitching and moaning about?

ぐだぐだ  [(1)ぐだぐだ]  [ぐだぐだ言う]  [coll]  [peer]    meaning:  complain  rank: 4
☆ のことをいつまでもグダグダ言っている ⇨ He is still complaining about the things in the past  (☛ Keep grumbling on and on)

► 動詞
ぼやく  [(2)ぼやく]  [coll]    meaning:  complain  rank: 2
☆ 仕事面白くないといつもぼやいている ⇨ He is always complaining that his job is not interesting  (☛ Make very mild but persistent complaints)

愚痴る  [(2)ぐちる]  [coll]    meaning:  complain  rank: 3
☆ は愚痴るばっかりで自分もしない ⇨ He just whine and doesn’t do anything himself  (☛ Private, weak, continuous complaints)

怒鳴り込む  [(4)どなりこむ]    meaning:  complain  rank: 3
☆ 子供学校に怒鳴り込んだ ⇨ He went to his child’s school fuming and complained angrily  (☛ Storm into somewhere in order to complain)

直訴  [(1)じきそ]  [直訴する]    meaning:  complain  rank: 4
☆ 将軍に直訴した ⇨ He took his case directly to the general

ブー垂れる  [ぶーたれる]  [coll]  [peer]    meaning:  complain  rank: 4
☆ あいつはでもかんでもブー垂れる ⇨ He bitches about anything and everything

愁訴  [(1)しゅうそ]  [愁訴する]    meaning:  complain  rank: 5
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► 名詞
文句  [(1)もんく]    meaning:  complain  rank: 1
☆ なんか文句あるの? ⇨ Do you have any complaints? You got a problem with me?

文句  [(1)もんく]  [文句を言う]    meaning:  complain  rank: 1
☆ は文句ばかり言っている ⇨ He’s always just complaining

苦情  [くじょう]    meaning:  complain  rank: 2
☆ 近所にうるさいと苦情をわれた ⇨ My neighbor complained to me that I make too much noise

愚痴  [(2)ぐち]    meaning:  complain  rank: 2
☆ は愚痴をわない ⇨ He never complains
☆ は愚痴がい ⇨ He complains, whines, a lot  (☛ Private, weak, continuous complaints, often with criticism of others)

愚痴  [(2)ぐち]  [愚痴を零す]    meaning:  complain  rank: 2
☆ が愚痴を零すのはたことがない ⇨ I’ve never seen him complain  (☛ Usually complaints about one’s life, work)

不平  [ふへい]  [不平を言う]    meaning:  complain  rank: 2
☆ はいつも不平ばかり言っている ⇨ He is always complaining

言い掛かり  [いいがかり]  [言い掛かりを付ける]    meaning:  complain  rank: 3
☆ チンピラに言い掛かりをけられた ⇨ A thug tried to pick a fight with me  (☛ A criminal to pick a fight by making a false accusation)

いちゃもん  [いちゃもん]  [いちゃもんを付ける]  [coll]    meaning:  complain  rank: 3
☆ がいちゃもんをつけてきた ⇨ A customer made an unreasonable complaint  (☛ Unfounded, unreasonable, complaints)

因縁  [いんねん]    meaning:  complain  rank: 3
☆ ヤクザに因縁をつけられた ⇨ A yakuza tried to pick a fight with me  (☛ A criminal to pick a fight by making a false accusation)

泣き言  [なきごと]    meaning:  complain  rank: 3
☆ あいつは泣き言がい ⇨ He tells a lot of sob stories. He whines a lot
☆ 泣き言を言うな ⇨ Don’t give me your sob stories. Don’t whine

申し分  [もうしぶん]  [申し分無い]    meaning:  complain  rank: 3
☆ 製品品質価格とも申し分がい ⇨ The quality and price of the new product have nothing to complain, fault. They are irreproachable  (☛ Usually used as 申し分(が・の)無い)

難癖  [なんくせ]  [難癖を付ける]    meaning:  complain  rank: 4
☆ 彼等やかんやと難癖をつけて保険金支払わない ⇨ They don’t pay the insurance money by nitpicking this and that

愁訴  [(1)しゅうそ]    meaning:  complain  rank: 5
☆ 不定愁訴 ⇨ 

► 形容詞
愚痴っぽい  [(4)ぐちっぽい]    meaning:  complain  rank: 4
☆ は愚痴っぽいかられる ⇨ He is tiring because he complains a lot