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Keyword
tinker with
Info
FrequencyTop 1500-1600
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 2
Heisig731
Readings
ろう
(36%)
いじ
(34%)
いら
(1%)
Composed of
王
king
廾
both hands
Used in vocabulary (36 in total)
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with; making a fool of; leading around by the nose
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
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Examples (11 in total)
I put the smartphone I'd been absent-mindedly fiddling with down on the table.
You toyed with my heart!
It was a life tossed about by those words.
I don't want to be tossed about by such things anymore.
If you cannot defeat an opponent with strength, you should toy with them using speed.
Just how far do you have to toy with people's hearts before you're satisfied?
Then I'd like you to stop toying with people's hearts.
He's fiddling with something in his hand.
She plays with the ends of her long hair with her fingertips.
You should not trifle with his feelings.
He's not serious about her at all - he's just playing with her.