also: めんどうくさがり
person who finds things bothersome; tending to find things bothersome
Describes a person who habitually avoids effort or finds tasks troublesome. Often used self-deprecatingly or to criticize laziness.
彼は面倒くさがりだから、部屋の掃除を全然しない。
He's such a lazybones that he never cleans his room.
私、面倒くさがりなので、料理はいつも簡単なものだけです。
I'm the type who finds things bothersome, so I only ever make simple meals.
Means 'lazy person', focusing on general laziness. 面倒くさがり specifically emphasizes finding things bothersome or too much trouble.
Most common spelling using 面倒.
Variant using 臭, emphasizing the 'stink of trouble' nuance.
Full-length reading; less common in modern speech but still understood.
Derived from the adjective 面倒くさい (bothersome) by adding the suffix 〜がり, which indicates a person with that tendency.