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諄い

くどい

tediously repetitive; long-winded; insistent; (of taste) too rich, heavy

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Examples

  1. 諄いよ、君の質問は。

    くどいよ、きみのしつもんは。

    Enough already with your questions.

  2. このソースは少し諄い。

    このソースはすこしくどい。

    This sauce is a bit too rich.

  3. 諄いようですが、締め切りは明日です。

    くどいようですが、しめきりはあすです。

    At the risk of repeating myself, the deadline is tomorrow.

  4. 説明が諄くて、かえって分かりにくくなってしまった。

    せつめいがくどくて、かえってわかりにくくなってしまった。

    The explanation was so long-winded that it ended up harder to follow.

Common patterns

諄いようですが
at the risk of repeating myself
話が諄い
to go on and on
味が諄い
the flavour is too heavy

Memory tip

Normally written in kana as くどい. It is a criticism: saying the same thing over and over. The food sense is 'cloying, too oily' — the opposite of あっさり.

Kanji in this word

  • 諄Not in the N5–N1 kanji lists

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