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Japanese word 意地悪: mean / unkind / malicious. Meanings and example sentences.

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意地悪 (いじわる): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

意地悪 (いじわる) means mean / unkind / malicious.

See example sentences below.

意地悪 at a glance

意地悪
いじわるijiwaru
N3adj
mean / unkind / malicious
意地悪いじわるijiwaruN3Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning of 意地悪

Core meaning

mean / unkind / malicious

Basic example sentences

Example 1

いじわるなことを言わないで。

Translation

Please don’t say mean things.

Example 2

あの人は子どもにいじわるだ。

Translation

That person is mean to children.

意地悪 (いじわる): meaning and examples | Daily Nihongo