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せからしか : sekarashika | define meaning
sekarashika
Pronunciation: [sekaɾaɕika~ɕekaɾaɕika]
Definition
Ka-Adjective
- Annoying; noisy; irritating; unbearable; importunate
Etymology
Cognate with the pan-Kyushu forms せからしい sekarashii and せからしか sekarashika, as well as the Kagoshima variant せからし sekarashi and the Hiroshima and Miyazaki form せわしい sewashii "annoying; noisy; irritating". Also cognate to Kagoshima そがらし sogarashi and そがらしか sogarashika meaning both "overwhelming (amount)" and "annoying; noisy"; and the standard Japanese adjective せわしい【忙しい】 sewashii "busy; hectic". Ultimately from せく【急く】 seku "to be busy", らし rashi "-like; seeming", and the adjectival ending い -i or, in Western Kyushu, か -ka.
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kana | せからしか |
| Romanization | sekarashika |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [sekaɾaɕika~ɕekaɾaɕika] |
意味：うるさい【煩い】、さわがしい【騒がしい】、やかましい【喧しい】
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せからしか
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2024, July 29). せからしか : sekarashika | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, October 11, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/457/sekarashika/.