じゃま
Meanings
Adjective (な)
Noun
Verb (する)
1. hindrance; obstacle; nuisance; disturbance; interruption; interference
Verb (する)
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
じゃ
Top 15300
Composed of
wickedness; evil; wicked person
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
hindrance; intrusion
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
Examples (32 in total)
I don't like to be disturbed.
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?
He didn't come to help, but to hinder us.
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.
Don't interfere with my work.
Please don't interrupt me while I'm talking.
I don't want to intrude on them if they're busy.
Please move the chair. It's in the way.
Our conversation was interrupted by his sneezes.
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.
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.