Meaning of 意地悪 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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意地悪JLPT 2
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Kana Readingいじわる
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Romajiijiwaru
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
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Example Sentences
意地悪, いじわる used in context
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Don't be unkind to your friends.
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She's a big teaser.
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Her unkind words boomeranged.
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彼って意地悪だと思わない？私がホラー物の映画が嫌いなのを知ってるくせにいつも見るんだよ。もう、いやんなっちゃう。
Isn't my boyfriend terrible? He always takes me to see horror movies, even though he knows I don't like them. I hate it.
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Really, you are so mean!
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Really, you are so mean.
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Kanji found in this word
bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
On: アク, オ
Kun: わる.い, わる-, あ.し, にく.い, -にく.い, ああ, いずくに, いずくんぞ, にく.む
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