Word Meaning いい加減

いいかげん iikagen

いい加減 is read as いいかげん (iikagen) and means (already) enough.

Meaning

English

  1. (already) enough
  2. irresponsible
  3. perfunctory
  4. careless
  5. considerably
  6. quite
  7. rather
  8. pretty

Reading

Kana

いいかげん

Romaji

iikagen

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Antonyms 丹念,丁寧・叮嚀 Rank 10652 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

いい加減にする

いいかげんにする

to put an end to something

加減

かげん

addition and subtraction

手加減

てかげん

adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.)

水加減

みずかげん

amount of water

力加減

ちからかげん

amount of force (required to do something)

さじ加減

さじかげん

manner of seasoning

味加減

あじかげん

taste (of prepared dish)

火加減

ひかげん

condition of fire

服加減

ふくかげん

temperature and flavor (of tea)

塩加減

しおかげん

seasoning with salt

Example Sentences

10

That's enough!

Grow up!

Cut it out.

Isn't it about time you went to bed?

Start behaving appropriately.

Don't tease me so much!

Stop. That's enough.

For goodness sake, do get out from the futon!

Stop making fun of me.

That's enough! Open your eyes and wake up now!