"ややこしい" meaning in 日本語

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Adjective

  1. 物事がこんがらがって難しい。複雑だ。厄介だ。面倒だ。とくに西日本方面でよく用いられる。
    Sense id: ja-ややこしい-ja-adj-kGIc7cCb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: むずかしい, めんどい
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