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いい加減
いいかげん
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random, irresponsible
Ii-kagen is いい (ii, “good”) plus 加減 (kagen, “amount”), a shift from earlier よい加減 (yoikagen), attested from the 18th century.
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In a sentence
いい加減に寝たら。
Isn't it about time you went to bed?
いいかげんな話はやめろ。
Don't give me that!
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What Wiktionary says
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- “Attested from the 18th century. Compound of いい (ii, “good”) + 加(か)減(げん) (kagen, “amount”), with sound shift from earlier よい加(か)減(げん) (yoikagen).”
Source: Wiktionary: いい加減 (dump of 2026-09-02), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Reading, meaning and part of speech from JMdict, and kanji readings from KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG).
What the labels mean
- 漢語 Sino-Japanese
- Words built from Chinese-derived morphemes — borrowed from Chinese or coined in Japan out of Chinese parts — read with on'yomi.
- Compound
- Two or more words or stems joined into one.
- Sound change
- The pronunciation shifted over the centuries.