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JLPT N3i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

めんどうくさい

mendoukusai

bothersome, tiresome

めんどくさい is a common shortened form. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. そこまで歩あるいて行いくのはめんどうくさい。

    It’s too much trouble to walk there.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 数字すうじを足たしたり引ひいたりという面倒臭めんどうくさい仕事しごとも一旦始いったんはじめてしまえば、それはそれで面白おもしろさがあるものだよ。

    Once you go ahead and start, even the tiresome work of adding and subtracting figures is interesting in its way.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. めんどうくさいけどやらないとね。

    It’s a pain, but we’ve got to do it.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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