面倒

めんどう

annoying, troublesome

Mnemonic

Your face when the thing lands on your desk at ten to five. The same men めん as 面, and a dough どう of a job. Not difficult, just the whole evening gone: めんどう.

Built from

面

face, surface

A pictograph, a face inside its outline.

倒

knock down, fall

亻 a person with 到 reaching its destination beside them, except this one arrives on the floor.

Words sharing these kanji

面白い interesting, amusing 地面 surface, ground 真面目 serious, earnest 面 surface, aspect 倒す to bring down, to overthrow 倒れる to collapse, to fall down

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