Kanji

煩

煩

anxiety, trouble, worry, pain, ill, annoy, nuisance, irksome

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

13 strokes

Radical

火部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ハン, ボン

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

わずらう, わずらわす, うるさがる, うるさい

Common Readings

ハン, ボン, わずら…う, わずら…わす

Example sentences

煩わしい わずらわしい
都会 の 煩わしい 人間関係 から 離れて 、 静か に 暮らしたい 。

I want to get away from the bothersome human relationships of the city and live quietly.

俗界 ぞっかい
彼 は 俗界 の 煩わしさ を 忘れる ため に 、 一人 で 旅 に 出た 。

To forget the troubles of the secular world, he set out on a journey alone.

煩悩 ぼんのう
除夜の鐘 を 聞きながら 、 百八 の 煩悩 を 払い 、 新年 を 迎える 。

While listening to the New Year's Eve bells, we cast away the 108 worldly desires and welcome the New Year.

解脱 げだつ
彼 は 日々 の 煩悩 から 解脱 した 。

He was emancipated from daily worldly desires.

煩悶 はんもん
人間 関係 の 悩み に 日々 煩悶 している

He is agonizing daily over human relationship worries.

煩雑 はんざつ
役所 の 申請 手続き は 、 提出 書類 が 多くて 非常に 煩雑だ 。

The application procedures at the government office are extremely complicated due to the large amount of paperwork.

Example Vocabulary

煩わしい

わずらわしい

troublesome, bothersome, annoying, complicated

煩い

うるさい

煩悩

ぼんのう

worldly desires; evil passions

手を煩わせる

てをわずらわせる

煩わせる

わずらわせる

煩う

わずらう

煩わす

わずらわす

煩悶

はんもん

anguish; agony; worry

煩雑

はんざつ

complicated; cumbersome; intricate; complex

子煩悩

こぼんのう

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