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厄介払い

Reading

Kana: やっかいばらい
Romaji: yakkaibarai
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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driving off a troublesome person; getting rid of a nuisance

Kanji

Reading: ヤク
Meanings: unlucky, misfortune, bad luck, disaster
Reading: カイ
Meanings: jammed in, shellfish, mediate, concern oneself with
Readings: フツ、 ヒツ、 ホツ、 はら.う、 -はら.い、 -ばら.い
Meanings: pay, clear out, prune, banish, dispose of

Example Sentences

いい厄介(やっかい)(はら)いだ。
➥Good riddance!
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これだけで厄介(やっかい)(はら)いできたら(やす)いもので、みな(だい)(よろこ)びした。
➥We were all pleased to be so cheaply quit of him.
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