厄介

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
やく > やっ
Grade: S
かい
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Adjective

(やっ)(かい) (yakkai-na (adnominal (やっ)(かい) (yakkai na), adverbial (やっ)(かい) (yakkai ni))

  1. burdensome, troublesome
    • 2016 July 22, “(やく)(そく)された(しゅう)(まつ)、エムラクール [Emrakul, the Promised End]”, in 異界月 [Eldritch Moon], Wizards of the Coast:
      (じん)(せい)そのもののように(やっ)(かい)(なぞ)
      Jinsei sono mono no yō ni yakkai na nazo.
      An enigma as vexing as life itself.
  2. inconvenient
    (じゅっ)()では()(にん)()けるのが(やっ)(かい)だ。
    Jukko de wa yonin de wakeru no ga yakkai da.
    Ten pieces are inconvenient to divide between four people.
  3. dependent
    • どうせ(あに)(やっ)(かい)になる()はない。
      Dōse ani no yakkai ni naru ki wa nai.
      I had no intention of depending upon him anyway.

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Noun

(やっ)(かい) (yakkai

  1. trouble, burden
    (やっ)(かい)(ばら)
    yakkai barai
    removal of a trouble
  2. inconvenience

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