"めんどくさい" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Japanese]

Forms: mendokusai [romanization], めんどくさく [adverbial]
Etymology: Compound of めんどう (mendō, “trouble, inconvenience”) + くさい (kusai, “having a bad smell”). Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|めんどう|くさい|t1=trouble, inconvenience|t2=having a bad smell|tr1=mendō|tr2=kusai}} めんどう (mendō, “trouble, inconvenience”) + くさい (kusai, “having a bad smell”) Head templates: {{ja-adj|infl=i}} めんどくさい • (mendokusai) -i (adverbial めんどくさく (mendokusaku))
  1. inconvenient, bothersome, tiresome, bother to do Synonyms: 面倒臭い (mendōkusai) (ruby: 面倒臭(めんどうくさ))

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