Illustration: On a living-room rug, a parent lightly brushes fingertips across the sole of a child’s bare foot during a playful moment after bath time. The child curls their toes, pulls the knee toward the chest, and laughs with shoulders raised and hands spread in delighted protest.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

くすぐる

kusuguru

to tickle

Example sentences

  1. くすぐるのはやめろ！

    Stop tickling me!

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  2. トムはメアリーをくすぐった。

    Tom tickled Mary.

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  3. トムは赤あかちゃんの足あしをくすぐった。

    Tom tickled the baby’s feet.

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