JLPT N3 · な-adjective

意地悪 (ijiwaru)

意地悪 (いじわる, ijiwaru) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “malicious; ill-tempered”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: いじわる
Romaji: ijiwaru
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

彼女の意地悪な言葉は結局自分の身に跳ね返ってきた。

Her unkind words boomeranged.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 意地悪

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	意地悪だ	いじわるだ ijiwaruda
Present (polite)	意地悪です	いじわるです ijiwarudesu
Negative	意地悪じゃない	いじわるじゃない ijiwarujanai
Past	意地悪だった	いじわるだった ijiwarudatta
Negative past	意地悪じゃなかった	いじわるじゃなかった ijiwarujanakatta
Te-form	意地悪で	いじわるで ijiwarude
Before a noun	意地悪な	いじわるな ijiwaruna
Adverb (~ni)	意地悪に	いじわるに ijiwaruni

Kanji in 意地悪

意

idea, mind, heartイ · 13 strokes

地

ground, earthチ・ジ · 6 strokes

悪

bad, vice, rascalアク・オ・わる.い・わる- · 11 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 意地悪.

意味いみmeaning意見いけんopinion注意ちゅういattention用意よういpreparation意外いがいunexpected意思いしintention意志いしwill意識いしきconsciousness敬意けいいrespect意地いじstubbornness得意とくいsatisfaction意いfeelings意義いぎmeaning生意気なまいきimpertinent

Source: JMdict entry 1156740 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.