Meaning

Primary

Spam

Alternatives

Spam Mail, Junk Mail, Unsolicited Mail

Word Type

noun

Explanation

When you have "troublesome" (迷惑) mail, you have mail you don't want. This is known as spam, spam mail, or junk mail. On a more technical level it's unsolicited mail.

Reading

めいわくめーる
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)
めいわくメール
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading comes from 迷惑, so if you know that you know this (and then this vocab word won't be unsolicited as well!)

Context

Context Sentences

迷惑メールが次から次へと送られてくる。

I get one spam mail after another.

最近、迷惑メールが増えて困っています。

Lately, I've been getting more spam emails, and it’s really annoying.

迷惑メールが多すぎて、受信ボックスがすぐにいっぱいになるんです。

I get so much junk mail that my inbox fills up quickly.

コウイチからのメールはいつも迷惑メールフォルダに入ってしまうんだけどどうしてなんだろう?

Emails from Koichi are always found in the junk mail folder. I wonder why.

Kanji Composition