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よけい
余計
せっかい
節介

Go about your business.
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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1. too many; too much; excessive; superfluous; superabundant; extra; spare; surplus  (often as 余計に)
2. unnecessary; needless; uncalled-for; otiose
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Most common form: おせっかい
1. meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; interference; officiousness  (see also: 節介; often written with kana only)
noun
2. meddler; buttinsky; busybody  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
ヨ   surplus; left over; extra   あま to leave over   あま to be left over   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ウ    from   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
hook
katakana 'ha'; eight
ケイ   はからう to arrange   はか to measure, compute   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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セツ   セチ   ふし occasion, time   
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ソク    an instant   
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good
seal
bamboo
カイ    mediate   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
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