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嘲る (あざける, azakeru) Japanese meaning: ridicule | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 Conjugation 嘲る · godan verb (-ru)
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 嘲あざけ る 嘲あざけ らない Polite 嘲あざけ ります 嘲あざけ りません Past polite 嘲あざけ りました 嘲あざけ りませんでした Past 嘲あざけ った 嘲あざけ らなかった Te-form 嘲あざけ って 嘲あざけ らないで Desire 嘲あざけ りたい 嘲あざけ りたくない Potential 嘲あざけ れる 嘲あざけ れない Passive 嘲あざけ られる 嘲あざけ られない Causative 嘲あざけ らせる 嘲あざけ らせない Causative passive 嘲あざけ らせられる also 嘲あざけ らされる 嘲あざけ らせられない also 嘲あざけ らされない Volitional 嘲あざけ ろう Polite volitional 嘲あざけ りましょう Imperative 嘲あざけ れ 嘲あざけ るな Conditional 嘲あざけ れば 嘲あざけ らなければ Tara conditional 嘲あざけ ったら 嘲あざけ らなかったら
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It is wrong to ridicule other people's failures.
He laughed as if mocking the other person's opinion.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 を 嘲あざけ る to mock/ridicule someone
He mocked his colleague who had failed.
〈 人ひと 〉 の 〈 事こと 〉 を 嘲あざけ る to ridicule someone's (mistake, weakness, etc.)
The spectators jeered at the player's mistake.
嘲あざけ るような 〈 事こと 〉 a mocking (tone, smile, remark, etc.)
She answered in a mocking tone.
Related words からかう can be playful teasing, whereas 嘲る always carries contempt or scorn.
ばかにする is a common everyday way to say someone is looked down on, while 嘲る is more literary and sharper in its scorn.
冷笑する focuses on a cold, sneering laugh, while 嘲る covers mocking words or actions more broadly.
侮る means to underestimate or despise someone without necessarily mocking them aloud, while 嘲る specifically involves scornful ridicule.
嘲る and 嘲笑う both mean to mock someone with scorn, but 嘲る can describe a sneering attitude in words alone, while 嘲笑う specifically implies scornful laughter.
Written forms 嘲あざけ る Usage 63%
Standard kanji spelling for あざける; this form is high priority.
あざける Usage 31%
嘲あざ ける Usage 6%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not recommended for ordinary writing.
Etymology A native Japanese verb conventionally written with 嘲, a kanji associated with mocking or ridicule. The exact historical derivation of あざける is uncertain.
