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Sentence

The procedure for changing your address is inconvenient, but if you don't finish it by the deadline, you'll have trouble later.

Related words

面倒臭めんどうくさい

Hiragana
めんどうくさい / めんどくさい
Adjective

inconvenient; bothersome; too much trouble, a pain

The procedure for changing your address is inconvenient, but if you don't finish it by the deadline, you'll have trouble later.

Word Forms

The basic and commonly used forms of this adjective.

Basic forms
Form Word form Usage
Imperfective form (mizenkei)
Alternative: 面倒くさかろ
Used in forms such as karou; mainly literary.
Continuative form (renyokei)
Alternative: 面倒くさく
Used in forms such as kute and kunai.
Conclusive form (shushikei)
Alternative: 面倒くさい
Ends a sentence.
Attributive form (rentaikei)
Alternative: 面倒くさい
Modifies a noun.
Conditional form (kateikei)
Alternative: 面倒くさけれ
Expresses a condition with kereba.
Imperative form (meireikei)
Alternative: 面倒くさかれ
Rarely used in modern Japanese.
Common forms
Form Word form Usage
Te-form
Alternative: 面倒くさくて
Connects clauses with kute.
Ta-form
Alternative: 面倒くさかった
Expresses the past with katta.
Nai-form
Alternative: 面倒くさくない
Expresses negation with kunai.
Ba-form
Alternative: 面倒くさければ
Expresses a condition with kereba.
Notes
  • 「面倒臭い」は通常ひらがなを交えた「面倒くさい」表記もよく用いられる。

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