余計

Japanese

Kanji in this term
余 計
よ
Grade: 5
けい
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
餘計 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) よけー [yòkéé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [jo̞ke̞ː]

Adjective

余(よ)計(けい) • (yokei) -na (adnominal 余(よ)計(けい)な (yokei na), adverbial 余(よ)計(けい)に (yokei ni))

  1. excessive, unnecessary, unneeded, superfluous
    • 余(よ)計(けい)な手(て)数(すう)だ。
      Yokei na tesū da.
      What a bother!

Inflection

Noun

余(よ)計(けい) • (yokei) 

  1. excessiveness, needlessness

Adverb

余(よ)計(けい) • (yokei) 

  1. excessively, needlessly, even more
    Synonym: 尚更 (naosara)
    考(かんが)えるほどに余(よ)計(けい)分(わ)からなくなる
    kangaeru hodo ni yokei wakaranakunaru
    I become more confused when I think more

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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