意地悪な（いじわるな、ijiwaruna）
- mean/nasty

The Japanese word 意地悪な (いじわるな) is an adjective that describes someone or something as mean, nasty, malicious, unkind, or spiteful. It implies a deliberate intent to cause harm or annoyance to others. It can also describe actions or behavior that are intentionally unpleasant.

⚫︎彼は意地悪な冗談を言った。 Translation: He told a mean joke. ⚫︎意地悪な猫はいつも私を困らせる。 Translation: The nasty cat always bothers me. ⚫︎彼女はいつも意地悪なことを言います。 Translation: She always says unkind things.

意地悪な is used to describe people, animals, actions, or things that are deliberately unpleasant, unkind, or mean-spirited. It is often used to criticize someone's behavior. You can use it in various situations to express that someone is acting in a cruel or spiteful manner.

The word 意地悪な is typically written in hiragana as いじわるな. The kanji form is 意地悪な. The kanji are 意地 (いじ - stubbornness/willfulness) and 悪 (わる - bad/evil), but it is more common to use the hiragana な (na) as an adjective suffix.

⚫︎ 酷い (ひどい - cruel, terrible) ⚫︎ 悪い (わるい - bad) ⚫︎ 辛辣な (しんらつな - harsh, cutting) ⚫︎ 陰険な (いんけんな - malicious, sly) ⚫︎ 性の悪い (しょうのわるい - ill-natured)

⚫︎ 親切な (しんせつな - kind) ⚫︎ 優しい (やさしい - gentle, kind) ⚫︎ 善良な (ぜんりょうな - good-natured) ⚫︎ 温厚な (おんこうな - amiable, mild-mannered)

彼女は友達に意地悪なことをして、泣かせてしまった。 ・Translation: She did something mean to her friend and made her cry. ・Explanation: This sentence describes a situation where someone's actions caused sadness to another person, thus fitting the definition of 意地悪な behavior.

意地悪な犬が子供を追いかけた。 ・Translation: A mean dog chased the child. ・Explanation: The adjective 意地悪な describes the dog's behavior, which is harmful to the child.

The word 意地悪 is a combination of 意地 (iji), which refers to stubbornness or willfulness, and 悪 (waru), meaning bad or evil. The な (-na) suffix is added to create the adjectival form, describing a characteristic or state of being.