trouble · annoy

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 煩 has 13 strokes and concerns troublesome matters or mental distress.
• Basic usage: 煩わしい is read わずらわしい, and 煩悩 is read ぼんのう.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Cumbersome procedures and inner afflictions
  • 煩わしい手続き means cumbersome procedures.
  • 自らの煩悩と向き合う means confronting one's own worldly desires or mental afflictions.
• Reading within the word
  • 煩 in 煩悩 is read ぼん.