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(idiomatic, slang) Someone or something which is annoying, irritating or inconvenient.

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pain in the neck

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pain in the neck

Noun

idiomatic slang

(idiomatic, slang) Someone or something which is annoying, irritating or inconvenient.

Japanese Meaning

厄介な存在 / 面倒な人や物 / 迷惑な人やもの

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Dealing with the broken copier has been a real pain in the neck for the entire office.

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壊れたコピー機の対応は事務所全体にとって本当に厄介だ。

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(idiomatic, slang) Someone or something which is annoying, irritating or inconvenient.

OK, call me a hypersensitive liberal, if you want. It wouldn’t be the first time. I can be a pain in the neck about racial, ethnic and religious bias sometimes, but I think it’s better to be hypersensitive than insensitive.

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pains in the neck

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