"からかう" meaning in Japanese

See からかう in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [ka̠ɾa̠ka̠ɯ̟]
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”). 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~
  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 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -u, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 18 14 13 55 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -u: 22 21 18 38 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 12 10 9 69 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 10 9 8 73 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 10 8 7 74 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 10 8 7 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 11 7 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 9 6 77

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_text": "Attested in The Tale of the Heike (c. 1330).\nThe 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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "karakau",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karakafu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "からかい",
      "roman": "karakai",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "からかった",
      "roman": "karakatta",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-u",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "からかわ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karakawa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "からかい",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karakai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "からかう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karakau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "からかえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karakae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "からかわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karakawareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "からかわせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "からかわす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karakawaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karakawasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "からかえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karakaeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "からかおう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karakaō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "からかわない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karakawanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "からかわず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karakawazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "からかいます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karakaimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "からかった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karakatta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "からかって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karakatte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "からかえば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karakaeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hhira": "からかふ",
        "tr": "both",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "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))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Skilled Teaser Takagi-san",
          "roman": "Karakai Jōzu no Takagi-san",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "上",
              "じょう"
            ],
            [
              "手",
              "ず"
            ],
            [
              "高",
              "たか"
            ],
            [
              "木",
              "ぎ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "『からかい上手の高木さん』",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make fun of, to tease, to kid"
      ],
      "id": "en-からかう-ja-verb-l4aOzEZ~",
      "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": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to resist"
      ],
      "id": "en-からかう-ja-verb-445Qeq6x",
      "links": [
        [
          "resist",
          "resist"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, archaic) to resist"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "争う"
        },
        {
          "word": "抵抗する"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to be irresolute"
      ],
      "id": "en-からかう-ja-verb-awwfTzs2",
      "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": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 14 13 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 21 18 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -u",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 10 9 69",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 9 8 73",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 8 7 74",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 8 7 75",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 11 7 71",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 9 6 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to quarrel"
      ],
      "id": "en-からかう-ja-verb-JIEhRl8o",
      "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": "[ka̠ɾa̠ka̠ɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "The Tale of the Heike"
  ],
  "word": "からかう"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese godan verbs",
    "Japanese godan verbs ending with -u",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese intransitive verbs",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese transitive verbs",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Attested in The Tale of the Heike (c. 1330).\nThe 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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "karakau",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karakafu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "からかい",
      "roman": "karakai",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "からかった",
      "roman": "karakatta",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-u",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "からかわ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karakawa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "からかい",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karakai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "からかう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karakau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "からかえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karakae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "からかわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karakawareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "からかわせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "からかわす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karakawaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karakawasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "からかえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karakaeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "からかおう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karakaō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "からかわない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karakawanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "からかわず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karakawazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "からかいます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karakaimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "からかった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karakatta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "からかって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karakatte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "からかえば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karakaeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hhira": "からかふ",
        "tr": "both",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "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))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Japanese transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Skilled Teaser Takagi-san",
          "roman": "Karakai Jōzu no Takagi-san",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "上",
              "じょう"
            ],
            [
              "手",
              "ず"
            ],
            [
              "高",
              "たか"
            ],
            [
              "木",
              "ぎ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "『からかい上手の高木さん』",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "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": "[ka̠ɾa̠ka̠ɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "The Tale of the Heike"
  ],
  "word": "からかう"
}

Download raw JSONL data for からかう meaning in Japanese (5.6kB)

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  "title": "からかう",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). 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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