| The Japanese word | |
退屈 |
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| is pronounced | |
| taikutsu | たいくつ | |
| means | |
| tedium, boredom | |
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| Examples: | |
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私は退屈でかなわない。
watashi wa taikutsu de kanawa nai. The boredom is unbearable. |
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長い旅行の退屈をミステリーを読んで紛らした。
nagai ryokō no taikutsu o misuterī o yon de magirashi ta. I distracted myself from the boredom of my long journey by reading mysteries. |
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| Examples sourced from tatoeba.org |

