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    3. 焦らす

    焦らす

    焦じら​す​

    to tease

    KMT10News #42+1Verb, TransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab16 strokes

    じらす

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to tease, to irritate, to tantalize, to keep (someone) in suspense
    word usually written using kana alone

    Stroke 0 / 16

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    彼かれは私わたしを焦じらした。

    He teased me.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychology
    彼かの女じょは答こたえを言いわずに、わざと私わたしを焦じらした。

    She deliberately kept me in suspense without giving the answer.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychology
    重じゅう要ような発はっ表ぴょうを直ちょく前ぜんまで焦じらすのは、戦せん略りゃく的てきな手しゅ法ほうだ。

    Keeping an important announcement in suspense until the last minute is a strategic method.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyBusiness & Finance
    子こ供どもたちはプレゼントを隠かくして、親おやを焦じらしていた。

    The children hid the present and were teasing their parents.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    このアニメは、次つぎの展てん開かいを焦じらすのがうまい。

    This anime is good at keeping you in suspense about what happens next.

    KMT10Anime & MangaEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    焦
    こ.げる・こ.がす・こ.がれる・あせ.る・じ.れる・じ.らす…(1)
    char・hurry・impatient・irritate・burn…(2)
    Kanji
    ら
    ra
    Kana
    す
    su
    Kana
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