いたずら

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of いたずら – see the following entries.

【悪戯】

[noun] tease, prank, trick, practical joke, mischief

[noun] playing with (a lighter, for example), tampering with, fooling around with, messing around with

[noun] (humble) hobby, pastime

[noun] action that is a considered a misconduct (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

[noun] sexual assault, molestation, rape

[adjective] naughty, mischievous

Alternative spelling
イタズラ

【徒】4	[adjective] useless, pointless, fruitless [adjective] unsatisfied because there is nothing to be; tasteless [adjective] in idleness [noun] a kind of women's hairstyles in the late Edo period

(This term, いたずら (itazura), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as いたずら, see Category:Japanese kanji read as いたずら.)