"めんどう" meaning in All languages combined

See めんどう on Wiktionary

Adjective or Noun [日本語]

Forms: めんどう, だろ [imperfective], だっ [continuative], [continuative], [continuative], [terminal], [attributive], なら [hypothetical], (無し) [imperative], めんどうだろう, 未然形 + う, めんどうだった [past, completive], 連用形 + た [past, completive], めんどうでない [negative], 連用形 + ない [negative], めんどうになる [intransitive], 連用形 + なる [intransitive], めんどうだ [definitive], 終止形のみ [definitive], めんどうなこと [noun-from-verb], 連体形 + こと [noun-from-verb], めんどうならば, 仮定形 + ば, めんどうそうだ, 語幹 + そうだ
  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: ja-めんどう-ja-adj_noun-47DEQpj8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 厄介, めんどくさい, めんどい

Noun [日本語]

Forms: 面倒 [kanji]
  1. 何かをするのに手数がかかること。手数をかけること。
    Sense id: ja-めんどう-ja-noun-T2zRlxb4
  2. 手数がかかるためにわずらわしく感じること。
    Sense id: ja-めんどう-ja-noun-5ehD-zoR
  3. 世話を焼くこと。
    Sense id: ja-めんどう-ja-noun-m1ea80Nu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): 日本語, 日本語 名詞

Inflected forms

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語 名詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "諸説あるが「馬道(メドウ)」からか。馬道を通るのが煩わしいことから。"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "面倒",
      "tags": [
        "kanji"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "名詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ご面倒をおかけします。"
        },
        {
          "text": "ご面倒をおかけしました。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "何かをするのに手数がかかること。手数をかけること。"
      ],
      "id": "ja-めんどう-ja-noun-T2zRlxb4"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "面倒な仕事。"
        },
        {
          "text": "面倒な人。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "手数がかかるためにわずらわしく感じること。"
      ],
      "id": "ja-めんどう-ja-noun-5ehD-zoR"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "面倒を見る"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "世話を焼くこと。"
      ],
      "id": "ja-めんどう-ja-noun-m1ea80Nu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "めんどう"
}

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語 形容動詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語 形容動詞 ダ活用",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "諸説あるが「馬道(メドウ)」からか。馬道を通るのが煩わしいことから。"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "めんどう",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用",
        "語幹"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だろ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だっ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "で",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "に",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "terminal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "な",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なら",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "(無し)",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めんどうだろう",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形",
        "推量・意志"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "未然形 + う",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合",
        "推量・意志"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めんどうだった",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "completive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形 + た",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "completive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めんどうでない",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形 + ない",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めんどうになる",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形 + なる",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めんどうだ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "終止形のみ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めんどうなこと",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連体形 + こと",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めんどうならば",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形",
        "仮定条件"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仮定形 + ば",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合",
        "仮定条件"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めんどうそうだ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形",
        "様態"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語幹 + そうだ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合",
        "様態"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj_noun",
  "pos_title": "形容動詞",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "厄介"
    },
    {
      "word": "めんどくさい"
    },
    {
      "word": "めんどい"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "id": "ja-めんどう-ja-adj_noun-47DEQpj8",
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "めんどう"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "日本語",
    "日本語 名詞"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "諸説あるが「馬道(メドウ)」からか。馬道を通るのが煩わしいことから。"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "面倒",
      "tags": [
        "kanji"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "名詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ご面倒をおかけします。"
        },
        {
          "text": "ご面倒をおかけしました。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "何かをするのに手数がかかること。手数をかけること。"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "面倒な仕事。"
        },
        {
          "text": "面倒な人。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "手数がかかるためにわずらわしく感じること。"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "面倒を見る"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "世話を焼くこと。"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "めんどう"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "日本語",
    "日本語 形容動詞",
    "日本語 形容動詞 ダ活用"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "諸説あるが「馬道(メドウ)」からか。馬道を通るのが煩わしいことから。"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "めんどう",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用",
        "語幹"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だろ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だっ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "で",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "に",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "terminal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "な",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なら",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "(無し)",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めんどうだろう",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形",
        "推量・意志"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "未然形 + う",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合",
        "推量・意志"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めんどうだった",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "completive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形 + た",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "completive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めんどうでない",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形 + ない",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めんどうになる",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形 + なる",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めんどうだ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "終止形のみ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めんどうなこと",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連体形 + こと",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めんどうならば",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形",
        "仮定条件"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仮定形 + ば",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合",
        "仮定条件"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めんどうそうだ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形",
        "様態"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語幹 + そうだ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合",
        "様態"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj_noun",
  "pos_title": "形容動詞",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "厄介"
    },
    {
      "word": "めんどくさい"
    },
    {
      "word": "めんどい"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "めんどう"
}

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