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22 面倒臭い Troublesome

Alternative Meanings

A Bother

Part of Speech

い adjective

Reading

めんどうくさい

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Context Sentence

毎日鎌で草を刈るのは本当に面倒くさい。

Cutting the grass with a sickle every day is such a bother.

Meaning Explanation

Something is a trouble (面倒) and it is smelly (臭い). So what is something that's smelly and a trouble? Well, something that's troublesome or a bother, I suppose. Basically you can ignore the smelly part. For some reason someone threw that back in, but smelly things are a bother, I suppose.

Reading Explanation

The reading is the words 面倒 plus 臭い added together. Just make sure you know those words and you'll know this one too!

Utilized Kanji

  • 面
    • めん
    • Face
  • 倒
    • とう
    • Overthrow
  • 臭
    • くさ
    • Stinking
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