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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

くどい

N2
kudoi
  1. verbose
  2. importunate
  3. heavy (taste)
い-adjective

Also written 諄い

Chinese meanings

啰唆;味道厚重

Examples

  • くどいよ君の質問は、もううるさい。
    Stop bugging me with your annoying questions!
    你的问题太啰唆了,已经很烦了。
  • 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.
    他人很好,但讲话啰唆得让人烦躁。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('237d42a240'); // くどい
{
  "id": "237d42a240",
  "word": "くどい",
  "reading": "くどい",
  "romaji": "kudoi",
  "meanings": [
    "verbose",
    "importunate",
    "heavy (taste)"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "adj-i"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1572760,
  "other_forms": [
    "諄い"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "くどいよ君の質問は、もううるさい。",
      "en": "Stop bugging me with your annoying questions!",
      "tatoeba_id": 225648
    },
    {
      "ja": "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。",
      "en": "He was a very kind man, but his verbosity was exasperating.",
      "tatoeba_id": 103667
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "9d7b1177d944dca7de842877fff51ccb8cb658575579ed8f9fa849944c4b079e",
    "meanings": [
      "啰唆",
      "味道厚重"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "くどいよ君の質問は、もううるさい。",
        "zh": "你的问题太啰唆了,已经很烦了。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "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。",
        "zh": "他人很好,但讲话啰唆得让人烦躁。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/237d42a240",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1572760; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "acd7725f61f9ac539fff907e8235fbae58b9f5afa674060158d60be4e92fdcaf"
  }
}