めんどくさい

Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of めんどう (mendō, “trouble, inconvenience”) +‎ くさい (kusai, “having a bad smell”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) めんどくさい [mèńdókúsáꜜì] (Nakadaka – [5])
  • IPA(key): [mẽ̞ndo̞kɯ̟̊sa̠i]

Adjective

めんどくさい • (mendokusai) -i (adverbial めんどくさく (mendokusaku))

  1. inconvenient, bothersome, tiresome, bother to do
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