焦じらす

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Meanings

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godan verb (-su), transitive verb

tease; keep in suspense; tantalize

usually written using kana alone

Deliberately making someone wait or withholding information to create anticipation, mild irritation, or playful frustration.

彼かれは答こたえを教おしえてくれず、ずっと私わたしをじらした。
He kept me in suspense for a long time without telling me the answer.

そんなにじらさないで、早はやく結けっ果かを教おしえて。

Don't tease me like that; tell me the result quickly.

Written forms

焦じらすUsage46%
Kanji form is common in written Japanese, but It is usually written in kana.
じらすUsage54%
Kana spelling is the usual form; preferred in most everyday writing.

Kanji

焦char, hurry, impatient

Similar words

焦じれる
焦れる is intransitive and describes the feeling of being impatient or irritated by waiting, while 焦らす is transitive and means to cause that feeling in someone else.
じれったい
じれったい is an adjective describing a situation or person that makes one feel impatient or frustrated, similar to the effect of 焦らす but from the perspective of the person feeling it.

Etymology

Derived from the verb 焦れる (じれる, 'to be impatient'), with the transitive suffix ～す added to indicate causing that state. The kanji 焦 is associated with impatience and frustration.