お節介

御節介

Reading

Kana: おせっかい

Romaji: osekkai

Definitions

adj-na

noun

1

meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; interference; officiousness

Note: word usually written using kana alone

See also: 節介

noun

2

meddler; buttinsky; busybody

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

節

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

介

Reading: カイ

Meanings: jammed in, shellfish, mediate, concern oneself with

御

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.

余計(よけい)なおせっかいはよせ。

➥Attend to your own business.

よけいなお節介(せっかい)だ。

➥Mind your own business.

人(ひと)のお節介(せっかい)などしないで、自分(じぶん)の頭(あたま)の上(うえ)の蝿(はえ)を追(お)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?