忙(いそが)しい, 忙, いそがしい, せわしい

isogashii, sewashii

JLPT 5

adjective (keiyoushi)
  • busy; hectic; occupied; engaged

多忙(たぼう), たぼう

tabō

JLPT 1

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi) noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • busy; pressure of work

忙殺(ぼうさつ), ぼうさつ

bōsatsu

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
  • worked to death

煩(はん), 繁忙(はんぼう), はんぼう

hanbō

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi) noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • pressure of business; busy

忙(せわ)しない, せわしない

sewashinai

adjective (keiyoushi)
  • restless; fidgety; in a hurry

忙(いそが)しげ, せわしげ

sewashige

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
  • looking busy; appearing busy; looking restless

忙中(ぼうちゅう), ぼうちゅう

bōchū

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • (in the midst of) busyness

忙殺(ぼうさつ)される, ぼうさつされる

bōsatsusareru

Ichidan verb
  • to be worked to death; to be very busily occupied

忙中(ぼうちゅう), ぼうちゅうかんあり

bōchūkan'ari

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • find odd moments of leisure in one's busy life

忙, ぼうをいとわず

bōwoitowazu

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
  • despite one's busyness

忙中(ぼうちゅう), ぼうちゅうゆうかん

bōchūyūkan

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • having free time to spare in the midst of busyness; leisure in the intervals of one's work

心(こころ), こころぜわしい

kokorozewashii

adjective (keiyoushi)
  • restless

多(た), たぼうちゅう

tabōchū

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • being very busy; being busy at work

仕事(しごと), しごとでいそがしい

shigotodeisogashii

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.) adjective (keiyoushi)
  • busy with one's work

気忙(きぜわ)しい, きぜわしい

kizewashii

adjective (keiyoushi)
  • restless; fidgety; fussy

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