2500 JLPT N2 Vocab (Tango) Lesson 55: Negative Impression

Lesson 5

Negative Impression

Chapter 11: Appearance, Image • 20 words
#1

憎にくらしい

odious, hateful, infuriatingly clever/pretty

彼女かのじょは憎にくらしいほど美うつくしい。

→ She is so breathtakingly beautiful it is almost infuriating and hateful.

#2

強引ごういんな

forceful, overbearing, pushy, coercive

彼かれは強引ごういんに契約けいやくを結むすばせた。

→ He forcefully and overbearingly compelled them into signing the contract.

#3

うっとうしい(鬱陶しい)

gloomy, burdensome, irritating, annoying

前髪まえがみが長ながくて、うっとうしい。

→ My bangs have grown so long and heavy that they feel terribly annoying.

#4

やっかいな(厄介な)

troublesome, burdensome, thorny, tricky

この問題もんだいはやっかいだ。

→ This problem is truly thorny, troublesome, and deeply perplexing.

#5

とんでもない(途方もない)

unthinkable, outrageous, out of the question

とんでもない事件じけんが起おきた。

→ An utterly unthinkable and outrageous incident has broken out.

#6

安易あんいな

easy-going, simplistic, careless, light-minded

安易あんいな考かんがえで行動こうどうしてはいけない。

→ You must never take action based upon simplistic and light-minded thoughts.

#7

無難なぶなんな

safe, acceptable, inoffensive, passable

面接めんせつには無難ぶなんな服装ふくそうで行おこなった方ほうがいい。

→ It is best to go to the interview in safe, inoffensive, and standard attire.

#8

平凡へいぼんな

ordinary, commonplace, undistinguished

平凡へいぼんな生活せいかつに満足まんぞくしている。

→ I am wholly contented with my quiet, ordinary, and commonplace daily life.

#9

みっともない(見っともない)

disgraceful, shameful, unseemly, improper

人前ひとまえでけんかするなんてみっともない。

→ To squabble and fight in public is utterly unseemly and disgraceful.

#10

見苦みぐるしい

unsightly, disgraceful, unseemly

言い訳いいわけばかりして見苦みぐるしい。

→ Doing nothing but churning out petty excuses is truly unsightly to behold.

#11

みにくい(醜い)

ugly, unsightly, hideous, repulsive

みにくいアヒルの子こという物語ものがたりを知しっていますか。

→ Do you know the classic fairy tale named "The Ugly Duckling"?

#12

ぼろぼろな

worn out, tattered, in tatters, ragged

使つかい過すぎて靴くつがぼろぼろになった。

→ Through overuse, the shoes became completely tattered, worn-out, and ruined.

#13

あわれな(哀れな)

pitiful, miserable, pathetic, wretched

あわれな動物どうぶつを見みると助たすけたくなる。

→ Looking at a miserable, pitiful animal makes me yearn to rescue it.

#14

乏とぼしい

scarce, meager, lacking, scanty

この地域ちいきは資源しげんが乏とぼしい。

→ Natural resources are exceptionally scarce and meager in this geographical zone.

#15

中途半端ちゅうとはんぱな

half-hearted, incomplete, half-baked, unfinished

中途半端ちゅうとはんぱな気持きもちで始はじめないほうがいい。

→ It is best not to embark on it with a half-hearted, lukewarm frame of mind.

#16

まごまごする

flustered, confused, bewildered, hesitating

道みちに迷まよってまごまごしていたら、親切んせつな人ひとが声こえをかけてくれた。

→ While I was wandering lost and bewildered, a kind passerby called out to assist me.

#17

矛盾むじゅんする

contradiction, inconsistency (to contradict)

彼かれの言動げんどうは矛盾むじゅんしている。

→ His words and his actions are riddled with blatant contradictions.

#18

にやにやする

smirking, grinning maliciously, sneering

彼かれは何なにかたくらんでいるように、にやにやしている。

→ He is smirking cunningly as though he were secretly hatching some sinister plot.

#19

でこぼこな/する凸凹な/する

uneven, bumpy, rugged, rough

でこぼこ道どうを自転車じてんしゃで走はしるのは大変たいへんだ。

→ Riding a bicycle along an uneven, bumpy road is extremely grueling.

#20

それなり(其れ形)

in its own way, reasonably, commensurate with

安やすい店みせだが、味あじはそれなりにおいしい。

→ It is a cheap restaurant, but the taste is reasonably delicious in its own modest way.