tickling; tickle
The act of tickling or the sensation of being tickled. Often used in expressions like くすぐりに弱い (weak to tickling).
He is ticklish.
A playful or humorous remark, often used in entertainment contexts like comedy routines. Less common than the tickling sense.
くすぐりは笑いを誘う。
Tickling makes you laugh.
His jokes always get the audience going.
Rare kanji form; learners will almost always encounter the kana spelling.
Derived from the verb くすぐる (to tickle), with the nominalizing suffix り. The kanji 擽 is rare and not commonly used.