"からかう" meaning in Japanese

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Verb

IPA: [ka̠ɾa̠ka̠ɯ̟ᵝ]
Etymology: Attested in The Tale of the Heike (c. 1330). The kara portion is likely cognate with 絡む (karamu, “to become entangled; start a fight with, to pick a quarrel”), 絡める (karameru, “to entangle, to entwine”), and 絡げる (karageru, “to tie together in a sheave or bunch; to hitch up the hem of a robe or skirt”); with an apparent underlying meaning of entanglement, bunch. The kau portion may be 交う (kau, “to exchange; to mix”). Etymology templates: {{m|ja|絡む||to become entangled; start a fight with, to pick a quarrel|tr=karamu}} 絡む (karamu, “to become entangled; start a fight with, to pick a quarrel”), {{m|ja|絡める||to entangle, to entwine|tr=karameru}} 絡める (karameru, “to entangle, to entwine”), {{m|ja|絡げる||to tie together in a sheave or bunch; to hitch up the hem of a robe or skirt|tr=karageru}} 絡げる (karageru, “to tie together in a sheave or bunch; to hitch up the hem of a robe or skirt”), {{m|en|entanglement, bunch}} entanglement, bunch, {{m|ja|交う||to exchange; to mix|tr=kau}} 交う (kau, “to exchange; to mix”) Head templates: {{ja-verb|hhira=からかふ|tr=both|type=1}} からかう • (karakau) ^(←からかふ (karakafu)?)transitive or intransitive godan (stem からかい (karakai), past からかった (karakatta)) Forms: karakau [romanization], karakafu [romanization], からかい [stem], からかった [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], からかわ [error-unrecognized-form], karakawa [error-unrecognized-form], からかい [error-unrecognized-form], karakai [error-unrecognized-form], からかう [error-unrecognized-form], karakau [error-unrecognized-form], からかえ [error-unrecognized-form], karakae [error-unrecognized-form], からかわれる [passive], karakawareru [passive], からかわせる [causative], からかわす [causative], karakawaseru [causative], karakawasu [causative], からかえる [potential], karakaeru [potential], からかおう [volitional], karakaō [volitional], からかわない [negative], karakawanai [negative], からかわず [continuative, negative], karakawazu [continuative, negative], からかいます [formal], karakaimasu [formal], からかった [perfective], karakatta [perfective], からかって [conjunctive], karakatte [conjunctive], からかえば [conditional, hypothetical], karakaeba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. (transitive) to make fun of, to tease, to kid Tags: transitive Synonyms: 嬲る, 揶揄する
    Sense id: en-からかう-ja-verb-l4aOzEZ~ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 71 5 5 19 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 57 10 9 24 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 72 8 7 13 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 72 8 7 13 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 73 8 7 13
  2. (transitive, archaic) to resist Tags: archaic, transitive Synonyms: 争う, 抵抗する
    Sense id: en-からかう-ja-verb-445Qeq6x
  3. (intransitive, archaic) to be irresolute Tags: archaic, intransitive Synonyms: うじうじする, 揺蕩う
    Sense id: en-からかう-ja-verb-awwfTzs2
  4. (intransitive, archaic) to quarrel Tags: archaic, intransitive Synonyms: 喧嘩する
    Sense id: en-からかう-ja-verb-JIEhRl8o

Alternative forms

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      "form": "からかわせる",
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              "上",
              "じょう"
            ],
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              "手",
              "ず"
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              "高",
              "たか"
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            [
              "木",
              "ぎ"
            ]
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          "text": "『からかい上手の高木さん』\nKarakai Jōzu no Takagi-san\nSkilled Teaser Takagi-san"
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      "ipa": "[ka̠ɾa̠ka̠ɯ̟ᵝ]"
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      "form": "からかおう",
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      "form": "karakaō",
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      "form": "からかわない",
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      "form": "karakawanai",
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      "form": "からかわず",
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      "form": "karakawazu",
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    {
      "form": "からかいます",
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        "formal"
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      "form": "karakaimasu",
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        "formal"
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    {
      "form": "からかった",
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      "form": "からかって",
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      "form": "karakatte",
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      "form": "からかえば",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "上",
              "じょう"
            ],
            [
              "手",
              "ず"
            ],
            [
              "高",
              "たか"
            ],
            [
              "木",
              "ぎ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "『からかい上手の高木さん』\nKarakai Jōzu no Takagi-san\nSkilled Teaser Takagi-san"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make fun of, to tease, to kid"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "make fun of",
          "make fun of"
        ],
        [
          "tease",
          "tease"
        ],
        [
          "kid",
          "kid"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to make fun of, to tease, to kid"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "嬲る"
        },
        {
          "word": "揶揄する"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with archaic senses",
        "Japanese transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to resist"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "resist",
          "resist"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, archaic) to resist"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "争う"
        },
        {
          "word": "抵抗する"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese intransitive verbs",
        "Japanese terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be irresolute"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "irresolute",
          "irresolute"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, archaic) to be irresolute"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "うじうじする"
        },
        {
          "word": "揺蕩う"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese intransitive verbs",
        "Japanese terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to quarrel"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "quarrel",
          "quarrel"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, archaic) to quarrel"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "喧嘩する"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "からかう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠ɾa̠ka̠ɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "The Tale of the Heike"
  ],
  "word": "からかう"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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