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諄くどい

rarely used kanji formusually written using kana aloneい adjectiveadjective (generic)

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くどい

Meanings

repetitious, long-winded, tedious, wordy, verbose, insistent, importunate
heavy (taste), (overly) rich, strong, cloying
gaudy (colour, design, etc.), loud

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Example sentences

彼かれの説明せつめいはくどくて、聞きいているうちに眠ねむくなった。

His explanation was so long-winded that I got sleepy listening to it.

このソースはくどすぎて、胃いがもたれる感かんじがする。

This sauce is too rich and heavy; it feels like it's sitting in my stomach.

部長ぶちょうの話はなしはいつもくどいので、会議かいぎが長引ながびく。

The department head's speech is always verbose, so meetings run long.

あの店みせのインテリアは色使いろづかいがくどくて、落おち着つかない雰囲気ふんいきだ。

That shop's interior has a gaudy color scheme, creating an unsettling atmosphere.

同おなじ注意ちゅういを何度なんども繰くり返かえすのはくどいと思おもわれるかもしれないが、安全あんぜんのためには必要ひつようなことだ。

Repeating the same warning multiple times may come across as repetitious, but it is necessary for safety.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)