How to say "annoying" in Japanese

• ウザイCommon
  i-adjectiveA blunt colloquial word for a person or their behavior that really grates on you; it conveys strong irritation and belongs to casual speech.
  シンジってうざくねぇ？うぜーよね。↗

  Isn't Shinji a pain? He is, isn't he?
• 煩わしいわずらわしいJLPT N1approx.Common
  i-adjectiveCovers the troublesome side of annoying: matters that are a hassle to deal with and weigh on your mind, rather than a person who simply irritates you.
  あ、とりあえず包帯ほうたいしているけど、もし煩わずらわしかったら、家いえに帰かえってからカットバンに代かえても大丈夫だいじょうぶよ。↗

  Ah, well I've bandaged it for the meantime but if that's awkward then it's fine to replace it with a plaster when you get home.
• 悔しいくやしいJLPT N2approx.Common
  i-adjectiveReally means frustrated or chagrined over a failure, humiliation or injustice; its annoying sense is that emotional sting of your own, so it is seldom the word for something that merely irritates you.
  監督かんとくはチームをトーナメント優勝ゆうしょうに今一いまいち歩あゆみという所ところまでもっていったのに悔くやしいことだった。↗

  It was annoying, as the manager took his team to a near-miss in the tournament.
• うるさいJLPT N5approx.Common
  i-adjectiveThe natural choice when the annoyance is literally noise, and it also covers troublesome, tiresome or persistent pestering; usually written in kana alone.
  あの子こはなんてうるさい子こだろう。↗

  What a nuisance that child is!

Use 「うるさい」 for noise or persistent pestering, 「ウザイ」 in casual speech for an irritating person, 「煩わしい」 for bothersome matters that weigh on you, and 「悔しい」 only for your own frustration over failure or injustice.

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• うざいannoying
• 煩わしいわずらわしいtroublesome
• 悔しいくやしいfrustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice)
• 忌々しいいまいましいannoying
• うざったいannoying
• じれったいirritating
• せからしかirritating
• 億劫おっくうtroublesome
• 口惜しいくちおしいfrustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice)
• うるさいannoying
• 気持ち悪いきもちわるいuncomfortable
• 細々しいこまごましいannoying
• るっさいannoying
• うっさいannoying
• 仕方のないしかたのないhopeless (person)
• 辛気臭いしんきくさいirritating
• 世話の焼けるせわのやけるtroublesome
• 気持ちが悪いきもちがわるいuncomfortable
• 困ったこまったinopportune
• 仕方ないしかたないhopeless (person)
• 仕方がないしかたがないhopeless (person)
• しょうがないhopeless (person)
• 致し方ないいたしかたないhopeless (person)