いじる
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, る, transitive)
Usually written in kana
1. to finger; to touch; to play with; to fiddle with; to toy with
I am fiddling with the edge of my clothes.
2. to make changes to; to tinker with; to fiddle with; to tamper with
Moreover, it seems that you can also tweak the detailed settings.
3. to dabble in; to do as a hobby; to play around with
My father likes puttering around in the garden on his days off.
4. to tease; to make fun of
also as イジる
But if I tell them, I'll probably get teased mercilessly.
Pitch accent
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Examples (15 in total)
Am I getting teased again?
I'll stop messing with it for a while!
I am fiddling with the edge of my clothes.
Have you changed the settings properly?
It is probably because you do not exercise and are always fiddling with your PC.
Why was I playing with my hair?
But if I tell them, I'll probably get teased mercilessly.
Dad, Tom's messing around with your computer.
Since retiring, I've been dabbling a little in stocks.
Aren't you teasing me too much?
Moreover, it seems that you can also tweak the detailed settings.
My father likes puttering around in the garden on his days off.
Besides, there's no point in me puttering around in the field by myself.
When I fiddle with my bangs, I can certainly feel that they have grown a little.
There are people who tinker with this mechanism and use it for something completely different.