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Where does “めんどくさい” come from?

めんどくさい (Japanese) comes from Japanese くさい, from Proto-Japonic kusa — grass.

めんどくさい (Japanese): inconvenient, bothersome, tiresome, bother to do

Definitions

  1. inconvenient, bothersome, tiresome, bother to do

Ancestry of “めんどくさい”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseくさいstinking, smelly, pungent; giving off a bad...
2Proto-Japonickusagrass
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