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意地悪 JLPT 2

Kana Reading

いじわる

Romaji

ijiwaru

Word Senses

Parts of speech

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

malicious; ill-tempered; unkind

Example sentence

友達に意地悪をしてはいけません。 Don't be unkind to your friends.

Examples of 意地悪, いじわる in a sentence

友達に意地悪をしてはいけません。

Don't be unkind to your friends.
彼女は意地悪女だ。

She's a big teaser.
彼女の意地悪な言葉は結局自分の身にはね返ってきた。

Her unkind words boomeranged.
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.
全くもう、本当にいじわるなんだから。

Really, you are so mean!
全くもう、本当にいじわるだ。

Really, you are so mean.

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悪 JLPT 4

11 strokes

bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong

On'Yomi: アク, オ

Kun'Yomi: 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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意 JLPT 4

13 strokes

idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking

On'Yomi: イ

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地 JLPT 4

6 strokes

ground, earth

On'Yomi: チ, ジ

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