JLPT N2 · い-adjective

やかましい (yakamashii)

やかましい is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “noisy; loud”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: やかましい
Romaji: yakamashii
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

noisy; loud; clamorous; boisterous · い-adjective · usually written in kana
much talked of; much-discussed; vexed · い-adjective · usually written in kana
strict; severe; stern · い-adjective · usually written in kana
particular; fussy; fastidious; fault-finding; carping · い-adjective · usually written in kana

Example sentences

ジョーはやかましい隣人と口をきく間柄ではなかった。

Joe was not on speaking terms with his noisy neighbor.

Tatoeba #215610

大気汚染に対しての世論がついにやかましくなった。

Public feeling against air pollution has at last become vocal.

Tatoeba #137584

彼はその事にはあまりやかましくない。

He is not very strict about it.

Tatoeba #112791

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of やかましい

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	やかましい	やかましい yakamashii
Negative	やかましくない	やかましくない yakamashikunai
Past	やかましかった	やかましかった yakamashikatta
Negative past	やかましくなかった	やかましくなかった yakamashikunakatta
Te-form	やかましくて	やかましくて yakamashikute
Adverb (~ku)	やかましく	やかましく yakamashiku
Conditional (~ba)	やかましければ	やかましければ yakamashikereba

Source: JMdict entry 1211380 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.