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意地悪い (いじわるい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

意い地じ悪わるい

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Meanings

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i-adjective

mean; nasty; ill-natured; cruel

Describes a person or behavior that is deliberately unkind, spiteful, or enjoys causing discomfort. Stronger than 意地悪 (noun/adjective-na).

彼かれは意い地じ悪わるい冗じょう談だんばかり言いう。
He always makes mean-spirited jokes.

そんな意い地じ悪わるいこと言いわないで。

Don't say such nasty things.

Kanji

意idea, mind, heart
地ground, earth
悪bad, vice, rascal

Similar words

意い地じ悪わる
意地悪 is a noun or na-adjective meaning 'ill-natured person' or 'malicious act'. 意地悪い is the i-adjective form, more directly describing a mean personality or behavior.

Etymology

Derived from 意地悪 (いじわる, 'ill-natured') + い (adjective-forming suffix). The base 意地悪 is a compound of 意地 (いじ, 'disposition') and 悪 (わる, 'bad').