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.
Tickling makes you laugh.
A playful or humorous remark, often used in entertainment contexts like comedy routines. Less common than the tickling sense.
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.