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余計 (よけい): too much, unnecessary, abundance, surplus, excess, superfluity — Japanese vocabulary

余計 is read よけい and means "too much, unnecessary, abundance, surplus, excess, superfluity". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

余計

Reading
よけい · yokei
Translation
too much, unnecessary, abundance, surplus, excess, superfluity
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
よけいが

Example

余計なことをして、すみません。

よけいなことをして、すみません。

Sorry, that was none of my business.

Kanji in this word

  • 余 — surplus, remain
  • 計 — plan, measure

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