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意い地じ悪わる

N2
いじわる ijiwaru
  1. malicious
  2. ill-tempered
  3. unkind
な-adjectivenoun

Chinese meanings

刻薄;欺负人

Examples

  • 友とも達だちに意い地じ悪わるをしてはいけません。
    Don't be unkind to your friends.
    不要欺负朋友。
  • 人ひと前まえで彼かれを冷ひやかすなんて君きみは意い地じ悪わるだ。
    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"
  }
}