JLPT N2 · い-adjective

喧しい (yakamashii)

喧しい (やかましい, yakamashii) 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 喧しい

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

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

Kanji in 喧しい

喧

noisy, boisterousケン・やかま.しい・かまびす.しい · 12 strokes

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