busy

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈbɪzi/

Adjective

Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on. / Engaged in activity or by someone else. / Having a lot going on; complicated or intricate. / Officious; meddling.

Japanese Meaning

事業や活動が盛んで、賑やか・活気にあふれている状態 / 活動に従事している、または他者によって活動させられている様子 / 多くの事柄が同時に進行し、複雑である状態 / 余計なことに首を突っ込む、おせっかいな態度

What is this buttons?

The city market is always busy on Saturday mornings.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その市の市場は土曜の朝はいつも混雑しています。

Details

Sense（1）

Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.

Be careful crossing that busy street.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Details

Sense（2）

Engaged in activity or by someone else.

The director cannot see you now: he's busy.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Details

Sense（3）

Having a lot going on; complicated or intricate.

Flowers, stripes, and checks in the same fabric make for a busy pattern.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Details

Sense（4）

Officious; meddling.

I will be hanged if some eternal villain, / Some busy and insinuating rogue, / Some cogging, cozening slave, to get some office, / Have not devised this slander; I'll be hanged else.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Details

busier

（ comparative ）

busiest

（ superlative ）

Details

busy

Dictionary quizzes to help you remember the meaning

Login / Sign up

Download the app!

busy

Dictionary quizzes to help you remember the meaning

Login / Sign up

Login

──── or ────

Sign up

──── or ────

Download the app!