"めんどい" meaning in 日本語

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Adjective

Forms: 面倒い [kanji]
  1. 物事をこなすのが面倒である。めんどくさい。 Tags: abbreviation, slang
    Sense id: ja-めんどい-ja-adj-gx0WHWIc Categories (other): 日本語 俗語, 日本語 略語
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): 日本語, 日本語 形容詞

Inflected forms

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