JLPT N2 · な-adjective

余計 (yokei)

余計 (よけい, yokei) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “extra; more”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: よけい
Romaji: yokei
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

extra; more; too much; too many; excessive · な-adjective
unnecessary; needless; uncalled-for; unwanted; uninvited · な-adjective
all the more; even more · adverb

Example sentences

余計な努力の結果、彼の血圧は通常以上に上がった。

The extra effort raised his blood pressure above normal.

Tatoeba #78944

こんな余計な機能なんでつけたんだろう。

What did they add this needless function for?

Tatoeba #217306

そうするとよけい傷をとがめるよ。

It will aggravate the wound.

Tatoeba #213873

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

Conjugation of 余計

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	余計だ	よけいだ yokeida
Present (polite)	余計です	よけいです yokeidesu
Negative	余計じゃない	よけいじゃない yokeijanai
Past	余計だった	よけいだった yokeidatta
Negative past	余計じゃなかった	よけいじゃなかった yokeijanakatta
Te-form	余計で	よけいで yokeide
Before a noun	余計な	よけいな yokeina
Adverb (~ni)	余計に	よけいに yokeini

Kanji in 余計

余

too much, myself, surplusヨ・あま.る・あま.り · 7 strokes

計

plot, plan, schemeケイ・はか.る・はか.らう · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 余計.

余りあまりremainder余分よぶんextra余裕よゆうsurplus余るあまるto remain余所よそanother place余暇よかleisure余地よちspace余程よほどvery余所見よそみlooking away余興よきょうperformance (at a party or banquet, etc.)時計とけいclock計画けいかくplan計けいplan設計せっけいplan

Source: JMdict entry 1544090 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.