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What a Japanese person actually thinksReads unhinged rather than wild. Not 'crazy like a party' — 'crazy like a diagnosis'. Some readers will find it uncomfortable.
Meaning
- Literally
- mad; deranged
- Actually
- Madness or derangement. The character in 狂気 (insanity) and in a number of terms that are now considered offensive toward mentally ill people.
Scores
Naturalness●●●●●
Real character, but rarely displayed alone for exactly this reason.
Coolness●●●●●
Visually punchy. Semantically it commits you to something you probably don't mean.
Watch out
- mediumAppears in older, now-avoided terms for mental illness. It carries stigma, not edge.
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無鉄砲
muteppō
reckless; headlongIf you meant 'wild, doesn't hold back', this is the affectionate version — the word you'd use for a friend who's fun and a bit dangerous.
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荒
ara
wild; rough; untamedWildness as a natural force rather than a pathology. Note it's a stem rather than a standalone noun — it reads as a quality, not a word.
On skin
狂
Orientation: either
Rough brush, if you keep it.