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いたずら
Meanings
Adjective (な)
Adjective (の)
Noun
Verb (する)
Usually written in kana
1. mischief; prank; trick; practical joke
2. pastime; hobby
3. playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with; messing around with; amusing oneself with; tampering with
4. lewd behaviour; sexual misconduct; sexual assault; molestation; rape
euphemism
Alt. forms
悪戯いたずら
44%
いたずら
28%
イタズラ
27%
惡戲いたずら
Pitch accent
い
たずら
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Conjugations...Used in: 1819
Used in vocabulary (20 in total)
roguish; impish
mischievous child; scamp; rascal; elf; imp
mischievous
17 more...
Examples (9 in total)
At first I thought it was a prank.
Boys will be boys.
It was a nasty prank.
She played a trick on my sister.
Mischief is common to most children.
A child's mischief often causes a fire.
Jack played a dirty trick on me.
She taught the child never to play with matches.
Traditionally on April 1st, people pull pranks on each other.