からかう
N2 karakau
- to ridicule
- to tease
- to banter with
- to make fun of
godan verbtransitive
Also written 揶揄う
Chinese meanings
取笑;戏弄
Examples
- 新入生をからかってはいけません。Don't make fun of the new student!不要取笑新生。
- 彼をからかわずにはいられない。I can't help making fun of him.我忍不住取笑他。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('8a365cb6af'); // からかう
{
"id": "8a365cb6af",
"word": "からかう",
"reading": "からかう",
"romaji": "karakau",
"meanings": [
"to ridicule",
"to tease",
"to banter with",
"to make fun of"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"v5u",
"vt"
],
"jmdict_id": 1567650,
"other_forms": [
"揶揄う"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "新入生をからかってはいけません。",
"furigana": "{新入生|しんにゅうせい}をからかってはいけません。",
"en": "Don't make fun of the new student!",
"tatoeba_id": 145211
},
{
"ja": "彼をからかわずにはいられない。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}をからかわずにはいられない。",
"en": "I can't help making fun of him.",
"tatoeba_id": 95966
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "24e1356d583101d065a170a5a7c20fe737b47730af042914b29d30edfb4aba1e",
"meanings": [
"取笑",
"戏弄"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "新入生をからかってはいけません。",
"zh": "不要取笑新生。"
},
{
"ja": "彼をからかわずにはいられない。",
"zh": "我忍不住取笑他。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/8a365cb6af",
"JMdict ent_seq 1567650; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "89a3f38d43ee7cfb94845938e5e5fc25b14bf0066e94cf964a00d33896030615"
}
}