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3 words matching '弄る' found
弄る is an exact match with one form of the following word:
いじる
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'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to finger; to touch; to play with; to fiddle with; to toy with  (often written with kana only)
2. to make changes to; to tinker with; to tamper with  (often written with kana only)
3. to dabble in; to do as a hobby; to play around with  (often written with kana only)
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 6 (among the 15,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 73,832 which gives a rank of 15,142
いじる is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 70% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 62,000 (about 6,060,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 13689
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
こども
子供
おもちゃカチャカチャいじっている
The kid is clanging away with his toy.
しょるい
書類
かって
勝手
いじられた
けいせき
形跡
あった
The documents were tampered with.
その
かぎ
いじる
Don't play with that key!
弄る
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Readings : いじる    まさぐる   
弄る can be read in 2 ways: いじる (80%), まさぐる (20%).
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 85,000 (about 2,850,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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弄る is an exact match with one form of the following word:
まさぐる
BOOST
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to finger; to touch; to play with; to fiddle with; to toy with  (often written with kana only)
2. to grope; to feel around (in one's pocket, bag, etc.)  (often written with kana only)
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 7 (among the 20,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 63,957 which gives a rank of 19,110
まさぐる is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 186,000 (about 347,000 results)
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Example sentences:
から
られる
じょうほう
情報
こうりつ
効率
わる
げんじつ
現実
せかい
世界
まさぐって
られる
もの
Information gained through manual work may be inefficient, but it is obtained by directly interacting with the real world.
ちゅう
この
ばあい
場合
まさぐるとはここでは
てさぐ
手探
するという
いみ
意味
です
Note: In this case, "まさぐる" means to search by feeling with one's hands.
ポールいつも
じょせい
女性
からだ
まさぐ
っている

Paul is always groping women.
弄る
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Reading : まさぐる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 57,000 (about 6,960,005 results)
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弄る is an exact match with one form of the following word:
いじくる
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'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to finger; to tamper (with)  (often written with kana only)
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My current mastery of いじくる:
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 7 (among the 20,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 65,580 which gives a rank of 18,304
いじくる is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 173,000 (about 423,000 results)
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Example sentences:
かのじょ
彼女
には
かみ
いじ
くる
くせ
ある
She has a (bad) habit of fiddling with her hair.
くるま
いじ
くる
なんです
He likes tinkering with cars.
げんこう
原稿
かって
勝手
いじ
くらないで
くれ!
Don’t touch the manuscript without my consent!
弄くる
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Reading : いじくる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 198,000 (about 264,000 results)
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弄る
BOOST
Reading : いじくる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 86,000 (about 2,840,000 results)
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ロウ   play with; ridicule   もてあそ to play with   
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twenty; two hands   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
オウ    king   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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