Illustration: In a compact Japanese living room, a resident tries to vacuum beneath a low table, but the power cord has wound around three chair legs and caught beneath a floor cushion. They crouch with a weary, irritated expression, lifting one loop free while another tightens around their slipper.

JLPT N1i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

煩わずらわしい

wazurawashii

troublesome, annoying

Example sentences

  1. その頃ころ、彼かれは私わたしのどんな小ちいさな発音はつおんの間違まちがいをもとがめた。それは煩わずらわしかった。特とくに人前ひとまえでは。

    At that time, he pointed out every single pronunciation mistake I made, no matter how small it was. It was annoying. Especially in front of other people.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. あ、とりあえず包帯ほうたいしているけど、もし煩わずらわしかったら、家いえに帰かえってから絆創膏ばんそうこうに代かえても大丈夫だいじょうぶよ。

    Ah, well I’ve bandaged it for the meantime but if that’s awkward then it’s fine to replace it with a plaster when you get home.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 晩年人付ばんねんひとづき合あいが煩わずらわしくなり、自分じぶんの死亡通知しぼうつうちを知人達ちじんたちに送おくり逼塞ひっそくしていた。

    In his later years, he came to find socializing tiresome, sent notices of his own death to his acquaintances, and shut himself away.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 煩

  • 煩worry; annoyOnハン・ボンKunわずらう・わずらわす・うるさがる

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