余計 (よけい): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

余計 (よけい) means excess / unnecessary / too much.

See example sentences below.

余計 at a glance

余計

よけいyokei

N2adj

excess / unnecessary / too much

余計よけいyokeiN2Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

excess / unnecessary / too much

Example 1

余計な話はしないでください。

Translation

Please don't talk about unnecessary things.

Example 2

この薬は余計に飲まないで。

Translation

Don’t take this medicine more than necessary.