ノリが悪い

• 読み: ノリがわるい
• ローマ字: nori ga warui
• 漢字の分解: ノリ (vibe/energy from 乗り) + が (subject particle) + 悪い (bad) → having bad energy, being a buzzkill
• 発音: /no.ɾi ɡa wa.ɾɯ.i/

意味

Being a buzzkill, killjoy, or party pooper — not going along with the group's energy or mood.

ノリが悪い is the negative counterpart to ノリがいい (having good energy). Someone who is ノリが悪い dampens the mood by refusing to participate, showing no enthusiasm, or being too serious when everyone else is having fun. While it can be a genuine criticism in group-oriented Japanese culture, it also raises questions about social pressure — sometimes the 'buzzkill' simply does not want to be forced into participating.

例文

1. カラオケ誘っても毎回断るしノリが悪いよね。
2. ノリが悪いって言われるの嫌だけど興味ないものは興味ない。
3. 飲み会でノリが悪いと浮くから無理してテンション上げてる。

使い方ガイド

場面: friends, social gatherings, parties, workplace casual

トーン: critical, complaining, pressuring

正しい言い方

• ノリが悪いとは言わないけど、もうちょっと楽しもうよ。 (I won't say you're a buzzkill, but let's try to have a bit more fun.)
• 今日はノリが悪くてごめん、ちょっと疲れてて。 (Sorry for being a downer today — I'm a bit tired.)

避ける言い方

• 飲みたくない人に「ノリ悪いな」は同調圧力 (Telling someone who doesn't want to drink 'you're a buzzkill' is peer pressure)

よくある間違い

• Using ノリが悪い only as criticism — it can also be used self-deprecatingly to apologise for not being more enthusiastic

起源と歴史

Compound of ノリ (nori, vibe/energy, from 乗り) + が (subject particle) + 悪い (warui, bad). A natural Japanese construction that has been used since ノリ entered mainstream slang in the 1980s-90s.

文化的背景

時代: 1980s-90s, tied to ノリ entering mainstream slang

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal

地域メモ: Used across all of Japan. Touches on the tension between group harmony (和) and individual preference in Japanese social dynamics.