じゃま
Meanings
Adjective (な)
Noun
Verb (する, transitive)
1. hindrance; obstacle; nuisance; disturbance; interruption; interference
Verb (する, intransitive)
2. to visit (someone's home)
as お〜
Noun
Buddhist
3. demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
orig. meaning
Pitch accent
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Top 18900
Composed of
wickedness; evil; wicked person
demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible
Used in vocabulary (9 in total)
hindrance; intrusion
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
Examples (31 in total)
We're in the way.
Do not interfere!
Don't stand in my way.
Don't interfere with her.
You are in my way.
Don't interfere with me.
Please don't distract me from my work.
I'll do my best not to disturb your studying.
Those chairs are in the way.
They obstructed our plan.
Don't disturb her while she is sleeping.
Let no one interfere with me.
Don't disturb me while I'm studying.
May I interrupt you a while?
Please don't interfere with my plan.
Don't disturb her. She is at work right now.
Flies and mosquitoes interfered with his meditation.
She pleaded with him not to disturb her.
Don't bother me. I'm listening to Bach right now.
He interrupted her while she was speaking.
Please don't interrupt me while I'm talking.
Don't interfere with my work.
I don't want to intrude on them if they're busy.
Please move the chair. It's in the way.
I have no intention whatever of disturbing you.
Please don't cut in while I'm talking with him.
If you're not motivated, go back home. You'll just be a hindrance.
Tom didn't want to interrupt Mary while she was studying.
Although he thought he was helping us, he was only in the way.
Fred tried to get to the door, but the table was in the way.
The fallen tree got in the way, and I could not get my car out of the garage.