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    3. お節介

    お節介

    お​節せっ介かい

    meddling

    KMT7CoreEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab20 strokes

    御節介

    おせっかい

    Noun, Adjective

    1.
    meddling, meddlesomeness, nosiness, interference, officiousness
    word usually written using kana alone

    Noun

    2.
    meddler, buttinsky, busybody
    word usually written using kana alone

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    彼かれは少すこしお節せっ介かいだ。

    He's a little meddlesome.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かの女じょのお節せっ介かいが、かえって問もん題だいを複ふく雑ざつにした。

    Her meddling, on the contrary, complicated the problem.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かれの親しん切せつはありがたいが、時ときにお節せっ介かいに感かんじることもある。

    His kindness is appreciated, but sometimes it feels like meddling.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    他た人にんのプライベートにお節せっ介かいを焼やくのはやめるべきだ。

    You should stop meddling in other people's private lives.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    善ぜん意いからのお節せっ介かいでも、相あい手てにとっては迷めい惑わくになることがある。

    Even well-intentioned meddling can sometimes be a nuisance to others.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyCore Concepts

    Characters that make up this word

    節
    ふし・-ぶし・のっと…(3)
    node・season・period・occasion・verse…(9)
    Kanji
    介
    jammed in・shellfish・mediate・concern oneself with
    Kanji
    お
    o
    Kana
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