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余計

余計

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
けい
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Adjectival noun

余計 (-na inflection, hiragana よけい, romaji yokei)

  1. excessive, unnecessary, unneeded, superfluous
    • 1906, Natsume Sōseki, Botchan:
      余計 (よけい)手数 (てすう)だ。
      Yokei na tesū da.
      What a bother!

Inflection

Adverb

余計 (hiragana よけい, romaji yokei)

  1. excessively, needlessly