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[exp,v5k]
[id]
▶ to take care of someone ▶ to look after someone ▶ to help |
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| 2. |
[exp,v5k]
[id]
▶ to give help where it isn't wanted ▶ to be officious ▶ to bother ▶ to meddle ▶ to interfere |
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| 8. | A 2022-08-12 22:58:15 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| 7. | A* 2022-08-12 14:10:26 Robin Scott <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | https://study-z.net/100169986 "「世話を焼く」は「せわをやく」と読み、意味は2つあります。1つ目は、「自分から進んで、他人の面倒を見ること」という意味で、本当は本人がするべきこと自ら援助したり、助けたりすることです。2つ目は、「余計な面倒を見ること」という意味で、他人のために良かれと思って援助したことが、実は本人は望んでいない行動をしている事を言います。" prog: 若い人たちは世話を焼かれるのを嫌がる Young people don't want others to meddle in their affairs. 世話を焼く 15437 世話をやく 5110 |
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| Comments: | I think we can have two senses. |
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| Diff: | @@ -5,0 +6,3 @@ +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>世話をやく</keb> @@ -14 +17 @@ -<gloss>to care for someone</gloss> +<gloss>to take care of someone</gloss> @@ -16 +19,11 @@ -<gloss>to be helpful</gloss> +<gloss>to help</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&exp;</pos> +<pos>&v5k;</pos> +<misc>&id;</misc> +<gloss>to give help where it isn't wanted</gloss> +<gloss>to be officious</gloss> +<gloss>to bother</gloss> +<gloss>to meddle</gloss> +<gloss>to interfere</gloss> |
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| 6. | A* 2022-08-11 23:29:26 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | GG5 (世話 entry): 世話を焼く interfere; meddle; be interfering; be too helpful. Tanaka: 彼女はその子につきまとって、うるさく世話を焼く。 She hovers over that child like a hen with one chick. |
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| Comments: | We have: 世話の焼ける （せわのやける） (exp,v1) to be annoying; to be troublesome; 1888640 世話が焼ける （せわがやける） (exp,v1) to be troublesome; to require the aid and labour of others; 1980530 Mixed messages here. Maybe we need two senses? Yes, depends on context. |
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| 5. | A* 2022-08-11 01:46:17 Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | The "meddling" and "bother" meanings seem very context dependent. The relevant examples on eijiro are prefixed with 余計な. There don't seem to be many kokugos with this expression, but those that do have it (daijs, oukoku, nikk) don't say much more than 「他人の面倒をみる」. I just came across this usage and was confused by JMdict's definitions. Google N-gram Corpus Counts ╭─ーーーーーーーー─┬────────╮ │ 余計な世話を焼く │ 177 │ │ 世話を焼く │ 15,437 │ ╰─ーーーーーーーー─┴────────╯ |
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| Diff: | @@ -14,4 +14,3 @@ -<gloss>to bother</gloss> -<gloss>to meddle</gloss> -<gloss>to poke one's nose (into another's business)</gloss> -<gloss>to be too helpful</gloss> +<gloss>to care for someone</gloss> +<gloss>to look after someone</gloss> +<gloss>to be helpful</gloss> |
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| 4. | A 2017-12-02 06:29:01 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...> | |
| Diff: | @@ -12,0 +13 @@ +<misc>&id;</misc> |
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[exp,v5k]
▶ to bother ▶ to meddle ▶ to poke one's nose (into other's business) ▶ to be too helpful |
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| 3. | R 2011-01-10 22:32:32 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| Comments: | Rejecting fork. |
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| 2. | A* 2011-01-10 20:50:09 | |
| Comments: | "other's business" should read "another's business" or "others' business". |
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| 1. | A 2010-05-10 00:12:05 Scott | |
| Comments: | JB: added "to" to gloss. |
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| Diff: | @@ -12,0 +12,1 @@ +<pos>&v5k;</pos> @@ -15,0 +16,1 @@ +<gloss>to be too helpful</gloss> |
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