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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

ややこしい

N1
yayakoshii
  1. puzzling
  2. tangled
  3. complicated
  4. complex
い-adjective

Chinese meanings

复杂;麻烦

Examples

  • あの5人の関係は、ややこしい。
    The relationships among those five people are complicated.
    那五个人的关系很复杂。
  • やっとややこしい迷めい路ろの外そとに出でられた。
    I finally found my way out of the confusing maze.
    终于走出了复杂的迷宫。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('7e3f27dbb0'); // ややこしい
{
  "id": "7e3f27dbb0",
  "word": "ややこしい",
  "reading": "ややこしい",
  "romaji": "yayakoshii",
  "meanings": [
    "puzzling",
    "tangled",
    "complicated",
    "complex"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "adj-i"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1012870,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "あの5人の関係は、ややこしい。",
      "en": "The relationships among those five people are complicated.",
      "tatoeba_id": 231377
    },
    {
      "ja": "やっとややこしい迷路の外に出られた。",
      "furigana": "やっとややこしい{迷路|めいろ}の{外|そと}に{出|で}られた。",
      "en": "I finally found my way out of the confusing maze.",
      "tatoeba_id": 193077
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "d856f03639cc5ac5672a9c1e18d6b5453692f439c2478b0601cfa013363fb52e",
    "meanings": [
      "复杂",
      "麻烦"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "あの5人の関係は、ややこしい。",
        "zh": "那五个人的关系很复杂。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "やっとややこしい迷路の外に出られた。",
        "zh": "终于走出了复杂的迷宫。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/7e3f27dbb0",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1012870; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "a06a72e430455cac19aabd8f1aab77b1d15e438f8a6cc05c182b7e34552d67aa"
  }
}