Illustration: At a family dining table, a teenage boy exaggeratedly copies his sister's very serious puffed-cheek expression after she takes an overlarge bite of rice. He leans into her line of sight, points lightly toward his own cheeks, and watches her reaction with a mischievous grin.

からかう

karakau

to tease, to make fun of

Example sentences

我々われわれはこの事ことで彼かれをからかった。
We made fun of him about this.
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彼かれは級友きゅうゆうからからかわれた。
He was made fun of by his classmates.
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彼かれらをからかうな。
Don’t make fun of them.
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