jmdict 2732160 Active (id#1164172)
困った人困ったひとこまった人
こまったひと
  1. [exp,n]
    • difficult person
    • good-for-nothing
    • pain in the ass (arse)
History:
    • A 2014-09-10 03:35:07 Marcus Richert
    • A* 2014-09-10 01:48:27 Jim Breen
    • Refs
      N-grams
    • Diff
      @@ -5,0 +6,6 @@
      +</k_ele>
      +<k_ele>
      +<keb>困ったひと</keb>
      +</k_ele>
      +<k_ele>
      +<keb>こまった人</keb>
    • A 2012-07-30 23:59:05 Jim Breen
    • Comments
      I think it's idiomatic enough to allow in.
    • Refs
      Eijiro
    • Diff
      @@ -15,0 +15,1 @@
      +<gloss>pain in the ass (arse)</gloss>
    • A* 2012-07-29 09:29:39 Marcus
    • Comments
      hard to come up with a perfect gloss...
    • Refs
      eij ("pain in the ass" etc.), 斎藤和英大辞典 (実に困った人物だ "He 
      is a good-for-nothing―a ne'er-do-well.")
      
      http://www.transmedia-
      solutions.co.jp/magazine/weekly/lesson215.html  
      ("bad boy")
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