面倒い

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
面 倒
めん
Grade: 3
(ateji) 		とう > ど
Grade: S
(ateji)
on'yomi

Etymology

Adjectivisation of 面倒 (mendō);[1] 面倒 (mendō) +‎ い (-i).

Pronunciation

Adjective

面(めん)倒(ど)い • (mendoi) -i (adverbial 面(めん)倒(ど)く (mendoku))

  1. (informal) inconvenient, troublesome
    Synonyms: 面倒な (mendō na), 面倒臭い (mendōkusai)

Inflection

Inflection of 面倒い
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 面倒かろ めんどかろ mendokaro
Continuative (連用形) 面倒く めんどく mendoku
Terminal (終止形) 面倒い めんどい mendoi
Attributive (連体形) 面倒い めんどい mendoi
Hypothetical (仮定形) 面倒けれ めんどけれ mendokere
Imperative (命令形) 面倒かれ めんどかれ mendokare
Key constructions
Informal negative 面倒くない めんどくない mendoku nai
Informal past 面倒かった めんどかった mendokatta
Informal negative past 面倒くなかった めんどくなかった mendoku nakatta
Formal 面倒いです めんどいです mendoi desu
Formal negative 面倒くないです めんどくないです mendoku nai desu
Formal past 面倒かったです めんどかったです mendokatta desu
Formal negative past 面倒くなかったです めんどくなかったです mendoku nakatta desu
Conjunctive 面倒くて めんどくて mendokute
Conditional 面倒ければ めんどければ mendokereba
Provisional 面倒かったら めんどかったら mendokattara
Volitional 面倒かろう めんどかろう mendokarō
Adverbial 面倒く めんどく mendoku
Degree 面倒さ めんどさ mendosa

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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