I Love Kanjiいじめる (ijimeru)
いじめる is a Japanese verb meaning “to ill-treat; to bully”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- いじめる
- Romaji
- ijimeru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to pick on; to tease · ichidan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
- to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly · ichidan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of いじめる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | いじめる | いじめる ijimeru |
| Polite (~masu) | いじめます | いじめます ijimemasu |
| Negative | いじめない | いじめない ijimenai |
| Polite negative | いじめません | いじめません ijimemasen |
| Past | いじめた | いじめた ijimeta |
| Polite past | いじめました | いじめました ijimemashita |
| Negative past | いじめなかった | いじめなかった ijimenakatta |
| Te-form | いじめて | いじめて ijimete |
| Potential | いじめられる | いじめられる ijimerareru |
| Passive | いじめられる | いじめられる ijimerareru |
| Causative | いじめさせる | いじめさせる ijimesaseru |
| Volitional | いじめよう | いじめよう ijimeyou |
| Imperative | いじめろ | いじめろ ijimero |
| Conditional (~ba) | いじめれば | いじめれば ijimereba |
Source: JMdict entry 1195140 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.