意地悪
N2いじわる ijiwaru
- malicious
- ill-tempered
- unkind
な-adjectivenoun
Chinese meanings
刻薄;欺负人
Examples
- 友達に意地悪をしてはいけません。Don't be unkind to your friends.不要欺负朋友。
- 人前で彼を冷やかすなんて君は意地悪だ。It is mean of you to ridicule him in public.你当众取笑他,真刻薄。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('9332146c42'); // 意地悪
{
"id": "9332146c42",
"word": "意地悪",
"reading": "いじわる",
"romaji": "ijiwaru",
"meanings": [
"malicious",
"ill-tempered",
"unkind"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"adj-na",
"n"
],
"jmdict_id": 1156740,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "友達に意地悪をしてはいけません。",
"furigana": "{友達|ともだち}に{意地悪|いじわる}をしてはいけません。",
"en": "Don't be unkind to your friends.",
"tatoeba_id": 79310
},
{
"ja": "人前で彼を冷やかすなんて君は意地悪だ。",
"furigana": "{人前|ひとまえ}で{彼|かれ}を{冷|ひ}やかすなんて{君|きみ}は{意地悪|いじわる}だ。",
"en": "It is mean of you to ridicule him in public.",
"tatoeba_id": 143944
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "d74a293108017500765a384e0a7191eb9c7f7bf8f544180efff91fb8ccfbba4e",
"meanings": [
"刻薄",
"欺负人"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "友達に意地悪をしてはいけません。",
"zh": "不要欺负朋友。"
},
{
"ja": "人前で彼を冷やかすなんて君は意地悪だ。",
"zh": "你当众取笑他,真刻薄。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/9332146c42",
"JMdict ent_seq 1156740; 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": "22b74c66f2c2c44b601fe22108ff181c0ed8ae9d406b68fcb20d618a389d686e"
}
}