お節介

御節介

Reading

Kana: おせっかい
Romaji: osekkai
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; interference; officiousness

Note: word usually written using kana alone
See also: 節介
2

meddler; buttinsky; busybody

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

Readings: セツ、 セチ、 ふし、 -ぶし、 のっと
Meanings: node, season, period, occasion, verse, clause, stanza, honor, joint, knuckle, knob, knot, tune, melody
Reading: カイ
Meanings: jammed in, shellfish, mediate, concern oneself with
Readings: ギョ、 ゴ、 おん-、 お-、 み-
Meanings: honorable, manipulate, govern

Example Sentences

余計(よけい)なお節介(せっかい)だ。
➥Go about your business.
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余計(よけい)なおせっかいはよせ。
➥Attend to your own business.
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よけいなお節介(せっかい)だ。
➥Mind your own business.
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(ひと)のお節介(せっかい)などしないで、自分(じぶん)(あたま)(うえ)(はえ)()ったらどうなんだね。
➥Why don't you mind your own business? What do you gain by sticking your nose into other people's affairs?
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