苛め

Japanese

Kanji in this term
苛
いじ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
虐めいじめイジメ

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いじめ [ìjímé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [iʑime̞]

Noun

苛(いじ)め • (ijime) ^{←いぢめ (idime)^?}

bullying (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant for another person)

Verb

苛(いじ)め • (ijime) ^{←いぢめ (idime)^?}

imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of 苛める (ijimeru) [ichidan]

Descendants

→ Korean: 이지메 (ijime)

References

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