Word Meaning 駄々をこねる

だだをこねる dadaokoneru

駄々をこねる is read as だだをこねる (dadaokoneru) and means to be unreasonable.

Meaning

English

  1. to be unreasonable
  2. to whine
  3. to throw a tantrum

Reading

Kana

だだをこねる

Romaji

dadaokoneru

Writing Variants

  • 駄々を捏ねる だだをこねる dada o koneru
  • 駄駄をこねる だだをこねる dadaokoneru
  • 駄駄を捏ねる だだをこねる dada o koneru

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Proverb Rank 139852 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

駄目

だめ

neutral point

駄菓子

だがし

penny candy

駄菓子屋

だがしや

small-time candy store

駄本

だほん

worthless book

駄目駄目

だめだめ

entirely useless

駄作

ださく

poor piece of work

駄文

だぶん

my poor writing

駄物

だもの

trash

駄目詰め

だめづめ

filling neutral points

下駄を預ける

げたをあずける

to leave everything to (someone)

Example Sentences

2

Stop whining like a baby.

I don't like my cousin. All he does is whine.