いじる・弄るijiru[2]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Definitions
- godan verb, transitive verbto finger; to touch; to play with; to fiddle with; to toy with
- godan verb, transitive verbto make changes to; to tinker with; to fiddle with; to tamper with
- godan verb, transitive verbto dabble in; to do as a hobby; to play around with
- godan verb, transitive verbto tease; to make fun ofalso as イジる
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | いじる |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | いじります |
| Negative (nai) | いじらない |
| polite (masen) | いじりません |
| classical zu / nu | いじらず・いじらぬ |
| Past (ta) | いじった |
| polite (mashita) | いじりました |
| Past negative (nakatta) | いじらなかった |
| polite (masen deshita) | いじりませんでした |
| Te form | いじって |
| Potential | いじれる |
| Passive | いじられる |
| Causative | いじらせる |
| Causative passive | いじらせられる・いじらされる |
| Conditional (ba) | いじれば |
| tara | いじったら |
| Volitional | いじろう |
| polite (mashou) | いじりましょう |
| Imperative | いじれ |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- SynonymいらうCasualDialectal and colloquial, meaning to fiddle with or touch; heard mostly in Kansai and now rare. 「いじる」 is the common everyday word.
- Related取り扱うとりあつかうNeutralFor handling or operating something in a formal, official way, as in 「危険物を取り扱う」; leans written/formal. 「いじる」 is casual fiddling or messing with something.
- Antonym放置するNeutralTo leave something alone, untouched — the opposite of 「いじる」.
Use 「いじる」 for fiddling with something by hand or making casual changes, as in 「髪をいじる」 or 「スマホをいじる」; it can also mean teasing someone. For formal handling or operation, use 「取り扱う」; the opposite is 「放置する」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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