adjective

Slang.
  1. troublesome, bothersome.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
面倒い めんどい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

mask, face, features
メン おも つら (3rd, N3)
cliff, (厂 variant)
to turn around, to return, to go back
box, box or enclosure radical (no. 31)
イ コク (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
overthrow, fall, collapse
たお.れる トウ さかさま (Early Jr. High, N3)
human radical (no. 9)
arrival, proceed, reach
いた.る トウ (Early Jr. High, N3)
climax, arrive, proceed
シ いた.る のぶ (6th, N1)
the fore-arm(厷) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
knife, standing sword radical (no. 18)
トウ