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いじめる (ijimeru) Japanese meaning: bully | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N4 › Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation いじめる · ichidan verb
Form Positive Negative Dictionary いじめる いじめない Polite いじめます いじめません Past polite いじめました いじめませんでした Past いじめた いじめなかった Te-form いじめて いじめないで Desire いじめたい いじめたくない Potential いじめられる also いじめれる いじめられない also いじめれない Passive いじめられる いじめられない Causative いじめさせる いじめさせない Causative passive いじめさせられる いじめさせられない Volitional いじめよう Polite volitional いじめましょう Imperative いじめろ いじめるな Conditional いじめれば いじめなければ Tara conditional いじめたら いじめなかったら
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He is being bullied by his classmates.
Stop picking on your little brother.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 に 苛いじ められる to be bullied by someone
He is being bullied by his classmates at school.
弱よわ い 者もの を 苛いじ める to pick on someone weaker than oneself
Stop picking on people who are weaker than you.
体からだ を 苛いじ める to push one's body hard / be hard on one's body
You shouldn't punish your body with an extreme diet.
Kanji 苛 torment, scold, chastise Related words· 7 からかう means to tease someone lightly and playfully, while 苛める implies more persistent or harmful bullying.
虐待する is a formal, often legal term for serious abuse or cruelty, whereas 苛める is the everyday word covering everything from teasing to bullying.
いびる is a colloquial word for nagging or picking on someone repeatedly, close in feel to 苛める but more informal.
しごく means to train or drill someone harshly (e.g. in sports), matching the 'be tough on' sense of 苛める rather than its bullying sense.
Show 3 more いじめる refers to everyday bullying or teasing, while 虐げる implies heavier, often systematic oppression by those in power.
いじめる specifically means 'to bully' or 'tease' someone repeatedly, whereas 苦しめる is broader and covers any kind of physical or emotional torment.
いじめる is a verb meaning 'to bully' or 'to torment', often implying repeated physical or psychological harassment, while 意地悪 is a na-adjective/noun describing a mean-spirited attitude or petty unkindness.
Don't confuse with いじる means to fiddle or tinker with something and looks/sounds similar to 苛める, but it lacks any sense of tormenting or harming.
いじめる means to bully or torment someone deliberately, while 弄ぶ describes treating someone's feelings carelessly for one's own amusement, not necessarily with intent to hurt.
Written forms いじめる Usage 81%
Usually written in kana; the kanji forms 苛める and 虐める are less common.
イジメる Usage 8%
苛いじ める Usage 7%
Kanji form; 苛 carries a nuance of torment or harshness.
虐いじ める Usage 4%
Alternate kanji form; 虐 emphasizes cruelty or oppression.
Etymology Derived from the adjective 苛い (いじい, 'harsh, cruel') with the verbalizing suffix める, meaning 'to treat harshly'. The kanji 苛 and 虐 both convey cruelty or oppression.
