JLPT N3Kanji compounds
迷惑
Readingめいわくmeiwaku
- Meaning
- 他人の行いによって嫌な思いや困った状況を負うこと
- Explanation
- 「迷惑（めいわく）」means suffering unpleasant feelings or a troublesome situation due to someone else's actions. It is used as in "迷惑をかける (cause trouble)." The key point is being made to feel unpleasant by another person, which differs from "迷う (to be lost/undecided)," where you cannot decide and ponder on your own.
- Examples
- 迷惑をかける
Original Japanese explanation
「迷惑（めいわく）」は、他人の行いによって嫌な思いや困った状況を負うことです。「迷惑をかける」のように使います。人から嫌な思いをさせられる点が大切で、自分が決められず考え込む「迷う」こととは違います。
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