Meanings
Readings
Common Words
Adjective
noisy; loud
Adjective
annoying; troublesome; tiresome; persistent; importunate
Adjective
fussy; finicky; picky; particular; nagging; fastidious; bossy
Interjection
shut up; be quiet
troublesome; annoying; complicated
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh
Buddhism
klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
to cause a person trouble
to trouble; to bother; to annoy
to trouble; to bother; to annoy; to give trouble
Transitive verb; Intransitive verb
to worry (about); to be concerned (about)
Suffix; After the -masu stem of a verb
to have trouble doing ...; to struggle to ...
Memory Mnemonics
Keywords
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Constituents
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Mnemonic Stories
My chronic anxiety is a constant, low-grade fire that burns inside my head, making it impossible to relax.
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