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苛める

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
いじ
Grade: S
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
虐める

Etymology

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The kanji is jukujikun (熟字訓).

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Probably related to 意地悪 (ijiwaru)

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「いじめる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
いじめる じめる [ìjímérú]
Imperative (命令形) いじめろ じめろ [ìjíméró]
Key constructions
Passive いじめられる じめられる [ìjímérárérú]
Causative いじめさせる じめさせる [ìjímésásérú]
Potential いじめられる じめられる [ìjímérárérú]
Volitional いじめよう じめよ [ìjíméyóꜜò]
Negative いじめない じめない [ìjíménáí]
Negative perfective いじめなかった じめなかった [ìjíménáꜜkàttà]
Formal いじめます じめま [ìjímémáꜜsù]
Perfective いじめた じめた [ìjímétá]
Conjunctive いじめて じめて [ìjímété]
Hypothetical conditional いじめれば じめれ [ìjíméréꜜbà]

Verb

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(いじ)める (ijimeruいぢめる (idimeru)?transitive ichidan (stem (いじ) (ijime), past (いじ)めた (ijimeta))

  1. to tease, usually in a mean-spirited way; to torment; to bully
    いじめはダメ!
    Ijime wa dame!
    Bullying is not okay!

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN