苛める

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
いじ
Grade: S
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
虐める

Etymology

The kanji is jukujikun (熟字訓).

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Particularly: “Probably related to 意地悪 (ijiwaru)

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「いじめる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
いじめる じめる
Imperative (命令形) いじめろ じめろ
Key constructions
Passive いじめられる じめられる
Causative いじめさせる じめさせる
Potential いじめられる じめられる
Volitional いじめよう じめよ
Negative いじめない じめない
Negative perfective いじめなかった じめなかった
Formal いじめます じめま
Perfective いじめた じめた
Conjunctive いじめて じめて
Hypothetical conditional いじめれば じめれ

Verb

(いじ)める (ijimeruいぢめる (idimeru)?transitive ichidan (stem (いじ) (ijime), past (いじ)めた (ijimeta))

  1. to tease, usually in a mean-spirited way; to torment; to bully
    いじめはダメ!
    Ijime wa dame!
    Bullying is not okay!

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN