hassle

面倒、手間

厄介な問題のため、余計な手間がかかること。

やさしい英語で： Something that takes extra effort because of annoying problems.

• Parking here is a hassle.
• We booked the tickets without any hassle.
• Moving house involved several unexpected hassles.

類義語： bother, trouble, annoyance

よく使う表現： a real hassle, too much hassle, without any hassle, a lot of hassle

しつこくする、困らせる

何度も邪魔をしたり要求したりして、人を困らせる。

やさしい英語で： To annoy someone by repeatedly bothering them or making demands.

• Stop hassling me!
• The salespeople hassled us as we walked past.
• My boss keeps hassling me to finish the report.

使い方： hassle someone about something (He keeps hassling me about the report.); hassle someone for something (They hassled her for money.)

類義語： bother, pester, annoy, harass

よく使う表現： hassle someone, hassle someone for something, hassle someone about something

けんかを売る、絡む

けんかや口論を起こそうとして、わざと人に絡む。

やさしい英語で： To bother someone deliberately because you want to start a fight or argument.

• Do not hassle him; he wants a fight.
• A group of boys hassled strangers outside the station.
• They were hassling each other until a fight broke out.

使い方： hassle someone (A man outside the bar tried to hassle us.)

類義語： provoke, pick a fight with

よく使う表現： hassle someone, hassle strangers, hassle other people