Keyword
tinker with
Info
FrequencyTop 1500-1600
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 2
Heisig731
Readings
ろう
(28%)
いじ
(26%)
いら
(1%)
Composed of
king
both hands
Used in vocabulary (34 in total)
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
mockery; derision; ridicule
to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of
scorn; mockery; ridicule
to touch; to finger; to play with; (arch.) to tease; (arch.) to make fun of
to tinker with; to fumble with; to twist up
to finger; to tamper (with)
meddling; fumbling; fondling; playing around with something
making sport of; making a plaything of; toying with; trifling with; ridicule; mockery
to fiddle with; to monkey around with
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
to tinker with; to fumble with; to twist up
to fiddle with; to monkey around with
to finger; to tamper (with)
to intrigue; to play a trick on; to resort to tricks
gardening; puttering around in the garden
to fiddle with; to monkey around with
gambling with hanafuda
teasing; toying with somebody's emotions
playing with dirt; gardening; farming (as a hobby)
making sport of; making a plaything of; toying with; trifling with; ridicule; mockery
playing with mud
involving the audience (by talking to them, bringing them on stage, etc.)
playing with fire
playing with something with one's fingers; searching with one's fingers (e.g. in the dark)
playing with fire
Examples (2 in total)
You should not trifle with his feelings.
He's not serious about her at all - he's just playing with her.