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厄介 (やっかい, yakkai) Japanese meaning: troublesome | Kotomora
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やっ
介かい
だ
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This software is troublesome to use.
He always brings troublesome problems.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 に 厄やっ 介かい をかける to cause someone trouble
I ended up causing trouble for my neighbor.
〈 人ひと 〉 の 厄やっ 介かい になる to be taken care of by someone / become dependent on someone
While I was a university student, I was a dependent of my uncle's.
厄やっ 介かい な 〈 事こと 〉 a troublesome matter/problem
A troublesome problem came up.
Expressions 厄やっ 介かい なことに the trouble is ...; to make matters worse; troublingly Kanji 厄 unlucky, misfortune, bad luck 介 jammed in, shellfish, mediate Related words· 10 面倒 focuses on the hassle or effort something requires, while 厄介 emphasizes the burden or nuisance it creates.
世話 means being looked after, usually with a positive sense of help, while 厄介 in this sense implies being an unwelcome burden on someone.
煩わしい describes something annoyingly bothersome to deal with, while 厄介 stresses that it imposes a real burden or trouble.
迷惑 refers to inconvenience or trouble caused to another person, while 厄介 describes something troublesome in general, not necessarily harming someone else.
Show 6 more ややこしい means 'complicated or confusing', while 厄介 means 'troublesome or burdensome', focusing on the trouble rather than the complexity.
厄介 describes something bothersome in a practical, everyday sense, while 悩ましい (troubling sense) stresses the mental difficulty of resolving it.
厄介 describes something troublesome or burdensome in general, while 手がかかる specifically means a person or task demands a lot of care and attention.
Word family troublesome matter; burden; hassle
nuisance; encumbrance; burden
burden; nuisance; troublemaker · hanger-on; dependent; parasite
burden; encumbrance; drag
Written forms 厄やっ 介かい Usage 72%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency in news and general use.
やっかい Usage 27%
Kana spelling is common in casual writing and when the kanji is considered difficult.
ヤッカイ Usage <1%
Etymology The kanji 厄 means 'misfortune' or 'calamity', and 介 means 'to mediate' or 'to be involved'. Together they originally referred to being entangled in trouble, which extended to the modern meanings of troublesome and being under someone's care as a burden.
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面倒い is casual spoken slang for something being a hassle, while 厄介 is a more formal word for something troublesome or problematic.
手に負えない specifically means something cannot be controlled or managed, while 厄介 is a broader adjective for anything troublesome or bothersome, not necessarily uncontrollable.
厄介 describes something troublesome or a nuisance in general, while 煩雑 specifically points to procedures or details being needlessly complicated.
driving off a troublesome person; getting rid of a nuisance
