お節介

おせっかい

Meanings

1. な-adjective, Noun meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; interference; officiousness See also: 節介 (せっかい).
2. Noun meddler; buttinsky; busybody

Kanji

• 節 section. Read as セツ.
• 介 mediate. Read as カイ.

Example sentences

• よけいなお節介だ。
  Mind your own business.
• 余計なお節介だ。
  Go about your business.
• 余計なおせっかいはよせ。
  Attend to your own business.
• おせっかいはよしなさいよ。
  Don't be a busybody.

Related forms

• 節介 (せっかい) meddling (plain)

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