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厄介 (やっかい): trouble, burden, care — Japanese vocabulary

厄介 is read やっかい and means "trouble, burden, care". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

厄介

Reading
やっかい · yakkai
Translation
trouble, burden, care
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
やっかいが

Example

そんなことをするとやっかいなことを招くことになる。

そんなことをするとやっかいなことをまねくことになる。

To do so is asking for trouble.

Kanji in this word

  • 厄 — Unlucky, Misfortune, Bad Luck
  • 介 — introduce, between

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