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JLPT N3na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

意い地じ悪わる

ijiwaru

mean, unkind

Example sentences

彼女かのじょの意地悪いじわるな言葉ことばは結局自分けっきょくじぶんの身みに跳はね返かえってきた。
Her unkind words boomeranged.
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人前ひとまえで彼かれを冷ひやかすなんて君きみは意地悪いじわるだ。
It is mean of you to ridicule him in public.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
あの子こは私わたしに意地悪いじわるするよ。
He is very mean to me.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 意地悪

意idea; mindOnイ
地ground; earthOnチ・ジ
悪bad; viceOnアク・オKunわるい・わる-・あし

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