unnecessary matter or thing
Word type:
Standard:
よけいなこと
Standard kanji:
余計なこと
Example:
たかしの前でいらんこと言うなよ。あいつまだ何にも知らんねんから。
Don't say anything in front of Takeshi--he still doesn't know anything.
学生A: 先生、今日の宿題何ですか?
先生: あ、忘れてたわ。A君、おおきに。
学生B: お前いらんこと言うなよ〜!
Student A: Teacher, what's today's homework?
Teacher: Oh yeah, I forgot. Thank you!
Student B: Don't say things like that!
Commentary:
いらんこと comes from いらないこと and has a negative feeling. いらない is a negative form of いる which means "to need". Thus, いらんこと literary means "things that are not needed".
An interfering person may be called いらんことしい in Kansai-ben.