厄介

• 読み: やっかい
• ローマ字: yakkai
• 漢字の分解: 厄 (yaku) — misfortune, calamity; 介 (kai) — mediate, care
• 発音: /jakː.ka.i/

意味

Troublesome; burdensome; annoying. Describes something or someone that causes difficulty or inconvenience.

A na-adjective and noun. Common patterns include 厄介な問題 (a troublesome problem), 厄介なことになる (to become a nuisance), and 厄介者 (a troublemaker/nuisance person). Also has an older meaning of 'being under someone's care' (厄介になる, to be in someone's care), though the 'troublesome' sense is far more common today.

例文

1. この虫歯は厄介なことになりそうだ。
2. 厄介な仕事を押し付けられてしまった。
3. 隣の部屋の騒音が厄介で眠れない。

使い方ガイド

場面: problems, complaints, daily life

トーン: frustrated

起源と歴史

Originally written as 厄介 where 厄 (yaku, misfortune/calamity) and 介 (kai, mediate/care) combine. Historically meant 'to be in another's care during misfortune,' which evolved into the modern sense of being a burden.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal