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鼻につく (hananitsuku) Japanese meaning: be fed up with | Kotomora
JLPT N1 › Conjugation 鼻につく · godan verb (-ku)
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 鼻はな につく 鼻はな につかない Polite 鼻はな につきます 鼻はな につきません Past polite 鼻はな につきました 鼻はな につきませんでした Past 鼻はな についた 鼻はな につかなかった Te-form 鼻はな について 鼻はな につかないで Desire 鼻はな につきたい 鼻はな につきたくない Potential 鼻はな につける 鼻はな につけない Passive 鼻はな につかれる 鼻はな につかれない Causative 鼻はな につかせる 鼻はな につかせない Causative passive 鼻はな につかせられる also 鼻はな につかされる 鼻はな につかせられない also 鼻はな につかされない Volitional 鼻はな につこう Polite volitional 鼻はな につきましょう Imperative 鼻はな につけ 鼻はな につくな Conditional 鼻はな につけば 鼻はな につかなければ Tara conditional 鼻はな についたら 鼻はな につかなかったら
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His boasting has really started to get on my nerves.
The same melody kept repeating and I got sick of it.
Kanji 付 adhere, attach, refer to Related words うんざりする describes general weariness or boredom, while 鼻につく specifically means something has become irritating through excessive familiarity or overexposure.
臭い is the everyday adjective for 'smells bad,' while 鼻につく in its literal sense is a more vivid, less common way to say an odor hits the nose.
気に障る means something offends or irritates one's feelings, whereas 鼻につく implies irritation from someone or something being cloying or overbearing after repeated exposure.
臭う is the standard verb for 'to smell/stink,' while 鼻につく's literal sense is a more literary, less frequent expression for an unpleasant smell reaching the nose.
辟易する is a more formal word for being fed up or exasperated, while 鼻につく carries a stronger sense of nagging annoyance from overexposure to something overbearing.
Don't confuse with 目に付く means to catch the eye or stand out visually, and is easily confused with 鼻につく, which is about irritation or smell, not visual noticeability.
鼻につく describes a smell or attitude that becomes annoying or cloying over time, while 鼻をつく describes a sudden, sharp smell that strikes the nose.
Written forms 鼻はな につく
Standard spelling; つく is usually written in kana for this idiom.
鼻はな に 付つ く
Alternate kanji spelling; less common but seen.
Etymology Literally 'to stick to the nose.' The figurative sense comes from the idea of a smell that lingers and becomes unpleasant, extended to anything that becomes irritating through overexposure.
