忙
KANJI DETAIL
busy
On readingぼう6 strokesN1
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Japanese readings
- On reading
- ぼう
- Kun reading
- いそがしい
Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure: 忙 has 6 strokes, the on-reading ぼう, and the kun-reading いそがしい. 忙しい (いそがしい) means busy.
- Basic usage: 忙しい describes being busy; 多忙 (たぼう) describes being very busy with many demands.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Expressions for being busy
- 仕事が忙しいです means that work is busy. 忙しくて introduces being busy as the reason someone could not read the newspaper at leisure that morning.
- 今週は多忙で means being very busy this week. 多忙な時期 refers to a period with many demands.