いじる

弄る

to finger; to touch; to play with; to fiddle with; to toy with

N5Common wordGodan verb (ru ending)
Godan verb (ru ending), Transitive verb
to fingerto touchto play withto fiddle withto toy with
Godan verb (ru ending), Transitive verb
to make changes toto tinker withto fiddle withto tamper with
Godan verb (ru ending), Transitive verb
to dabble into do as a hobbyto play around with
Godan verb (ru ending), Transitive verb
to teaseto make fun of

Conjugations

Present辞書形
弄る(いじる)
Negativeない形
弄らない(いじらない)
Pastた形
弄った(いじった)
Past Negativeなかった形
弄らなかった(いじらなかった)
Te-formて形
弄って(いじって)

Example Sentences

その(かぎ)をいじるな!

Don't play with that key!

書類は勝手にいじられた形跡があった。

The documents were tampered with.

子供がおもちゃをカチャカチャいじっている。

The kid is clanging away with his toy.

試験管を壊したり、おもしろ半分に化学製品をあれこれいじって(あそぶ)んだが、時には、教師の指示になんとか従って、ずっと以前に(ほか)(ひとびと)々が試みた実験を繰り返すこともした。

Although I broke test tubes and played about with chemicals for fun, I did occasionally manage to obey the teacher's instructions as well; repeating experiments that others had long ago undertaken.