いたぶる

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Japanese

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Alternative spelling
甚振る

Etymology

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From (いた) (ita) + () (furu). The furu changes to buru as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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いたぶる (itaburuいたぶる (itaburu)?godan (stem いたぶり (itaburi), past いたぶった (itabutta))

  1. (literary, intransitive) to shake violently
  2. (slang, transitive) to extort
  3. to toy with

Conjugation

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN