余計よけい (yokei)

too much,unnecessary,abundance,surplus,excess,superfluity

  • JLPT N2
  • adjectival noun
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  • #3766 most frequent
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Meaning

余計 (よけい, yokei) is a JLPT N2 adjectival noun meaning “too much,unnecessary,abundance,surplus,excess,superfluity”.

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Example sentences 12

余計よけいなことを ってはだめよ。

Don't say any unnecessary things.

これ以上聞くのは彼を余計に苦しめることになる。

Asking more than this will cause him to suffer too much.

私が余計なことを言ったことから議論が紛糾した。

The discussion became complicated because I said something uncalled for.

彼が仲裁の場に出ていったことで事態は余計にこじれた。

The situation got even more complicated because he appeared at the mediation scene.