よけい

余 計

Common word

  1. adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

    extra, more, too much, too many, excessive, superfluous, spare, surplus

    • 余計な努力の結果、彼の血圧は通常以上に上がった。
      The extra effort raised his blood pressure above normal.

  2. adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

    unnecessary, needless, uncalled-for, unwanted, uninvited

    • こんな余計な機能なんでつけたんだろう。
      What did they add this needless function for?

  3. adverb (fukushi)

    all the more, even more

    • そうするとよけい傷をとがめるよ。
      It will aggravate the wound.