やかましい

• 読み: やかましい
• ローマ字: yakamashii
• 発音: /ja.ka.ma.ɕiː/

意味

Noisy; loud; strict; fussy; particular. Applies to both physical noise and to people who are excessively demanding or critical.

An i-adjective with two distinct usages: describing a literally loud environment, and describing a person who is persistently fussy, strict, or nagging. The second sense — excessive pickiness or strictness — is especially characteristic of N1-level usage and is more negatively charged than simply うるさい, which also covers both senses. Context usually disambiguates which meaning is intended.

例文

1. 隣の部屋がやかましくて、深夜まで勉強に集中できなかった。
2. 上司は礼儀についてやかましく、挨拶の仕方まで細かく指導する。
3. 子供たちがやかましいくらい元気に遊んでいる声が聞こえてきた。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, workplace, interpersonal complaints

トーン: critical

起源と歴史

The kanji form is 喧しい, but the word is overwhelmingly written in hiragana in modern Japanese. Historically related to やかまし — a combination suggesting noisy commotion. The adverbial やかましく is frequent in formal prose.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: General