Illustration: After a beach outing, a child sits on the wooden step outside a family house while a parent brushes dry sand from one bare foot. The soft brush barely touches the arch before the child bursts into laughter, curls their toes, and pulls the knee toward their chest.

JLPT N1i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

くすぐったい

kusuguttai

ticklish

Example sentences

  1. くすぐったいよ。

    It tickles.

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  2. 足あしの裏うらってくすぐったい？

    Are your feet ticklish?

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  3. 彼女かのじょの息いきが髪かみに当あたってくすぐったかった。

    I was tickled by her breath against my hair.

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