Lingakuいたずら
Frequency rank: 13,330. – 13,368. (for form 悪戯: 6,462. – 6,470.)
- mischief; prank; trick; practical jokeword usually written using kana alone
- pastime; hobbyword usually written using kana alone
- playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with; messing around with; amusing oneself with; tampering withword usually written using kana alone
- lewd behaviour; sexual misconduct; sexual assault; molestation; rapeword usually written using kana aloneeuphemism
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Forms
- いたずらFrequency rank: 13,330. – 13,368.
- 悪戯【いたずら】【いたづら】【イタズラ】Frequency rank: 6,462. – 6,470.
- 惡戲【いたずら】【いたづら】【イタズラ】
- いたづら
- イタズラFrequency rank: 14,728. – 14,778.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- mischief; prank; trick; practical joke
- pastime; hobby
- playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with; messing around with; amusing oneself with; tampering with
- lewd behaviour; sexual misconduct; sexual assault; molestation; rape
This meaning refers to playful or mischievous actions intended to cause fun or minor trouble, often in a light-hearted context.
This meaning indicates an activity that one enjoys doing during their free time, often related to leisure or personal interest.
This meaning implies engaging in casual or playful activity with an object, often without serious intent or purpose.
He was playing with a lighter.
The kids were messing around with their toys.
This meaning conveys serious and inappropriate actions of a sexual nature, often involving harm or violation against others.
Generated collocations (experimental)
いたずらをするto play a prankいたずらをかんがえる考えるto think of a prankこども子供のいたずらchildren's mischiefあくしつ悪質ないたずらmalicious prankいたずらでんわいたずら電話prank callいたずらずきいたずら好きplayful; mischievousいたずらがきいたずら書きdoodling; scribblingいたずらにきょうじる興じるto engage in mischiefいたずらっこいたずらっ子mischievous childいたずらにわらう笑うto laugh at a prank
Example sentences
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Spenser would not tell anyone his surreptitious plan to get back at his friends for pranking him.
She's pure bred blue-blood you see. Unfortunately that's no sort of put-on but her natural self.
The old man wondered why life had passed him by.
She taught the child never to play with matches.
By tradition, people play practical jokes on 1 April.
Sometimes the boys would play a trick on their teacher.