JLPT N2 · い-adjective

面倒臭い (mendoukusai)

面倒臭い (めんどうくさい, mendoukusai) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “bothersome; tiresome”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: めんどうくさい
Romaji: mendoukusai
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

bothersome; tiresome; bother to do · い-adjective · usually written in kana

Example sentences

そこまで歩いて行くのはめんどうくさい。

It's too much trouble to walk there.

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

Conjugation of 面倒臭い

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	面倒臭い	めんどうくさい mendoukusai
Negative	面倒臭くない	めんどうくさくない mendoukusakunai
Past	面倒臭かった	めんどうくさかった mendoukusakatta
Negative past	面倒臭くなかった	めんどうくさくなかった mendoukusakunakatta
Te-form	面倒臭くて	めんどうくさくて mendoukusakute
Adverb (~ku)	面倒臭く	めんどうくさく mendoukusaku
Conditional (~ba)	面倒臭ければ	めんどうくさければ mendoukusakereba

Kanji in 面倒臭い

面

mask, face, featuresメン・ベン・おも・おもて · 9 strokes

倒

overthrow, fall, collapseトウ・たお.れる・-だお.れ · 10 strokes

臭

stinking, ill-smelling, suspicious lookingシュウ・くさ.い・-くさ.い · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 面倒臭い.

面白いおもしろいinteresting真面目まじめserious面めんface面接めんせつinterview (e.g. for a job)面倒めんどうtrouble場面ばめんscene表面ひょうめんsurface地面じめんground正面しょうめんfront水面すいめんwater's surface洗面せんめんwashing one's face方面ほうめんdirection面積めんせきarea (measurement)一面いちめんone face

Source: JMdict entry 1533560 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.