いたずら
Meanings
Noun
Suru verb
Transitive verb
Intransitive verb
1. mischief; prank; trick; practical joke (Usually kana)
Na-adjective
2. mischievous; naughty (Usually kana)
Noun
Suru verb
Transitive verb
3. pastime; hobby (Usually kana, Humble)
4. playing with (e.g. a lighter); fooling around with; messing around with; amusing oneself with; tampering with (Usually kana)
Noun
Suru verb
Intransitive verb
5. lewd behaviour; sexual misconduct; sexual assault; molestation; rape (Usually kana, Euphemism)
Other spellings
悪戯
Other readings
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
いたずら
Used in vocabulary
Examples43
子供
Don't let your boy play with a knife.
私
I cannot be tolerant of naughty children.
少年
Sometimes the boys would play a trick on their teacher.
子供
All children can be naughty sometimes.
彼
He likes to be mischievous.
ただ
It's just a trick of the wind.