N21062/1725

意い地じ悪わる

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いじわる

Meanings

malicious, ill-tempered, unkind, mean, nasty

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Example sentences

彼女かのじょはいつも意地悪いじわるなことを言いって人ひとを傷きずつける。

She always says mean things and hurts people.

そんな意地悪いじわるをしてはいけないよ。

You shouldn't do such mean things.

あの上司じょうしは部下ぶかに意地悪いじわるな態度たいどをとることで有名ゆうめいだ。

That supervisor is famous for taking a nasty attitude toward subordinates.

子供こどもの頃ころ、近所きんじょの男おとこの子こに意地悪いじわるされて泣ないたことがある。

When I was a child, I once cried after being bullied by a boy in the neighborhood.

彼かれは意地悪いじわるに見みえるが、実際じっさいは心こころの優やさしい人物じんぶつだと同僚どうりょうたちは口くちを揃そろえて言いう。

His colleagues all agree that although he may appear unkind, he is actually a very warm-hearted person.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)