面倒

Japanese

Kanji in this term
めん
Grade: 3
(ateji)
とう > どう
Grade: S
(ateji)
on’yomi

Etymology

The kanji are ateji (当て字), literally "face collapse".

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んど [mèńdóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [mẽ̞ndo̞ː]

Adjective

(めん)(どう) • (mendō) -na (adnominal (めん)(どう) (mendō na), adverbial (めん)(どう) (mendō ni))

  1. inconvenient, troublesome

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Noun

(めん)(どう) • (mendō) 

  1. inconvenience
  2. burden; troublesome task
  3. the looking after of
    今週末(こんしゅうまつ)(ねこ)たちの面倒(めんどう)()ていただけるでしょうか?
    Konshūmatsu, nekotachi no mendō o mite itadakeru deshō ka?
    Could you take care of the cats this weekend?

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