迷惑

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 迷惑 is read めいわく and means trouble or annoyance caused to someone, or the state of being troubled by it.
• Basic usage: It is used for disturbing neighbors with noise or being bothered by repeated advertisements.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Causing and experiencing trouble
  • 人に迷惑をかける means causing someone inconvenience.
  • 迷惑している describes someone, such as the speaker, being troubled.
• Before a noun
  • In 迷惑な広告, な connects the description to the noun, meaning an annoying advertisement.