English Reference

Japanese

余計よけい

Kana よけい Romaji yokei

JLPT N2 Common word

Definitions

01na-adjective

extra; more; too much; too many; excessive; superfluous; spare; surplus

02na-adjective

unnecessary; needless; uncalled-for; unwanted; uninvited

03adverb

all the more; even more

Examples

そうするとよけい傷をとがめるよ。

It will aggravate the wound.

Tatoeba #213873

こんな余計な機能なんでつけたんだろう。

What did they add this needless function for?

Tatoeba #217306

余計な努力の結果、彼の血圧は通常以上に上がった。

The extra effort raised his blood pressure above normal.

Tatoeba #78944

Source

This site uses the JMdict dictionary file. It is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's licence (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences come from the Tatoeba project and are licensed under CC BY 2.0 FR. All sources.

English Reference