JLPT N3 · な-adjective

厄介 (yakkai)

厄介 (やっかい, yakkai) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “trouble; burden”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: やっかい
Romaji: yakkai
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

trouble; burden; nuisance; bother; worry · な-adjective, noun
care; dependence; support; kindness; obligation · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

そんなことをするとやっかいなことを招くことになる。

To do so is asking for trouble.

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

Conjugation of 厄介

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	厄介だ	やっかいだ yakkaida
Present (polite)	厄介です	やっかいです yakkaidesu
Negative	厄介じゃない	やっかいじゃない yakkaijanai
Past	厄介だった	やっかいだった yakkaidatta
Negative past	厄介じゃなかった	やっかいじゃなかった yakkaijanakatta
Te-form	厄介で	やっかいで yakkaide
Before a noun	厄介な	やっかいな yakkaina
Adverb (~ni)	厄介に	やっかいに yakkaini

Kanji in 厄介

厄

unlucky, misfortune, bad luckヤク · 4 strokes

介

jammed in, shellfish, mediateカイ · 4 strokes

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Source: JMdict entry 1537820 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.