Word Meaning 厄介払い

やっかいばらい yakkaibarai

厄介払い is read as やっかいばらい (yakkaibarai) and means driving off a troublesome person.

Meaning

English

  1. driving off a troublesome person
  2. getting rid of a nuisance

Reading

Kana

やっかいばらい

Romaji

yakkaibarai

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Proverb Rank 133044 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

厄払い

やくばらい

exorcism performed door to door, in exchange for beans and money (on the night of New Year's Eve or Setsubun)

厄介

やっかい

trouble

厄介事

やっかいごと

troublesome matter

厄介物

やっかいもの

nuisance

厄介者

やっかいもの

hanger-on

荷厄介

にやっかい

encumbrance

厄年

やくどし

bad year

やく

unlucky year

酔っ払い

よっぱらい

drunkard

一括払い

いっかつばらい

lump-sum payment

露払い

つゆはらい

rikishi who leads the yokozuna to the ring prior to his ring-entering ceremony

月賦払い

げっぷばらい

paying in monthly installments (instalments)

Example Sentences

2

Good riddance!

We were all pleased to be so cheaply quit of him.