Meaning of 諄い(くどい) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 諄い JLPT 2

Kana Reading くどい

Romaji kudoi

Parts of speech

adjective (keiyoushi)

Meaning

verbose; importunate; wordy; repetitious; long-winded
Parts of speech

Meaning

heavy (taste); gaudy; loud; greasy

Examples of 諄い, くどい in a sentence

彼は親切な男だったが、その話のくどさは人をいらいらさせた。

He was a very kind man, but his verbosity was exasperating.
同じことを何回繰り返すの。屋上屋を架すようなくどい説明は勘弁してよ。

You're wasting your time with all this needless repetition so spare us the long-winded explanation.
くどいよ君の質問は、もううるさい。

Stop bugging me with your annoying questions!

Related Kanji

諄 JLPT 1

15 strokes

tedious

On'Yomi: シュン

Kun'Yomi: ひちくど.い, くど.い, くどくど, ねんご.ろ

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