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    3. 始末が悪い

    始末が悪い

    始し末まつが​悪わるい​

    hard to deal with

    NTAdjectiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab31 strokes

    しまつがわるい

    Adjective

    1.
    hard to deal with, hard to handle, difficult, trying, intractable, incorrigible, refractory

    Stroke 0 / 31

    Speed1.0x

    Characters that make up this word

    始
    はじ.める・-はじ.める・はじ.まる…(2)
    commence・begin
    Kanji
    末
    すえ・うら・うれ…(2)
    end・close・tip・powder・posterity
    Kanji
    悪
    わる.い・わる-・あ.し・にく.い・-にく.い・ああ…(5)
    bad・vice・rascal・false・evil…(1)
    Kanji
    が
    ga
    Kana
    い
    i
    Kana
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