Word Meaning 忙しい

せわしい sewashii

忙しい is read as せわしい (sewashii) and means busy.

Meaning

English

  1. busy
  2. hectic
  3. frantic
  4. restless
  5. hurried
  6. fidgety

Reading

Kana

せわしい

Romaji

sewashii

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 9 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Antonyms ,暇な Related Words 時間がない,担任 Rank 150428 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

忙殺

ぼうさつ

being extremely busy

忙中有閑

ぼうちゅうゆうかん

having free time to spare in the midst of busyness

多忙

たぼう

being very busy

繁忙

はんぼう

pressure of business

Example Sentences

10

きょうはあさからいそがしい。

I have been busy since this morning.

いそがしいので、あとででんわします。

I'm busy, so I'll call later.

かれはいそがしいふりをしていた。

He was pretending to be busy.

いそがしいときほどからだにきをつけてください。

Please take care of yourself, especially when you're busy.

いそがしいまいにちがしばらくつづきそうだ。

It looks like these busy days will continue for a while.

Are you still busy?

Are you busy this week?

Are you busy, Tom?

I'm a little busy.

I'm busy.