Meaning of いい加減 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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いい加減, 好い加減, 好加減JLPT 1
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Kana Readingいいかげん
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Romajiiikagen
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
- Meaning
- irresponsible; perfunctory; careless
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- lukewarm; half-baked; halfhearted; vague
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- reasonable; moderate (usu. in suggestions or orders)
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- Parts of speech
- adverb (fukushi)
- Meaning
- considerably; quite; rather; pretty
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Example Sentences
いい加減, 好い加減, 好加減, いいかげん used in context
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My boss took me to task for the poor quality of my work.
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頭がくらくらしているので、深く考えずにいい加減なことを書いてみる。
My head is swimming, so I'll try writing any-old stuff without any deep thought.
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おい、いい加減パンツネタはやめとけよな、読者が退く、ドンビキ。
Hey, it's about time you quit it with the panty jokes. You'll put off the readers, you creeper!
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Don't do things by halves.
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He never did his work anyhow.
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He is not a man to trifle with.
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Kanji found in this word
dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail, get hungry
On: ゲン
Kun: へ.る, へ.らす
12 strokes
add, addition, increase, join, include, Canada
On: カ
Kun: くわ.える, くわ.わる
5 strokes
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