悪戯

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
悪 戯
いたずら
Grade: 3 Grade: S
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
惡戲 (kyūjitai)

From 徒 (itazura, “useless, vain”).[1]

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from 悪 (“evil, bad”) + 戯 (“frolic”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いたずら [ìtázúrá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ita̠zɨᵝɾa̠]

Noun

悪戯(いたずら) or 悪戯(イタズラ) • (itazura) ←いたづら (itadura)?

  1. tease, prank, trick, practical joke, mischief
    • この外(ほか)いたずらは大(だい)分(ぶ)やった。
      Konohoka itazura wa daibu yatta.
      Besides the above, I did many other mischiefs.
  2. playing with (a lighter, for example), tampering with, fooling around with, messing around with
  3. (humble) hobby, pastime
  4. action that is a considered a misconduct (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
  5. sexual assault, molestation, rape
Usage notes

Adjective

悪戯(いたずら) or 悪戯(イタズラ) • (itazura) ←いたづら (itadura)?-na (adnominal 悪戯(いたずら)な (itazura na), adverbial 悪戯(いたずら)に (itazura ni))

  1. naughty, mischievous
Inflection
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
悪 戯
あく
Grade: 3
ぎ
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
惡戲 (kyūjitai)

From the on'yomi reading of the ateji spelling.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) あ​くぎ [áꜜkùgì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠kɯ̟ᵝɡʲi]

Noun

悪(あく)戯(ぎ) • (akugi) 

  1. Same as いたずら (itazura) above.

References

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