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いたずら is an exact match with one form of the following word:
いたずら
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1. mischief; prank; trick; practical joke  (often written with kana only)
2. pastime; hobby  (often written with kana only)
3. playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with; messing around with; amusing oneself with; tampering with  (often written with kana only)
4. lewd behaviour; sexual misconduct; sexual assault; molestation; rape  (often written with kana only)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 4 (among the 5,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 121,064 which gives a rank of 2,728
いたずら is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 22,000 (about 28,800,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 658 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 11384
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
おとこ
いたずら
である
Boys are fond of mischief.
こども
子供
みな
ときにいたずらするもの
All children can be naughty sometimes.
ひとり
一人
なるその
いたずら
はじ
めた

The little boy got into mischief when he was left alone.
悪戯
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Readings : いたずら    いたづら   
悪戯 can be read in 2 ways: いたずら (70%), いたづら (30%).
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 42,000 (about 12,400,000 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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イタズラ
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 28,000 (about 21,600,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 17821
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惡戲
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Readings : いたずら    いたづら   
惡戲 can be read in 2 ways: いたづら (50%), いたずら (50%).
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 49,000 (about 9,540,000 results)
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アク   オ   わる bad   
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シン   こころ heart   
ア    Asia; rank next   
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west
ギ   たわむれる to frolic, to play   
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tasseled spear
キョ   コ    void   
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とら tiger   
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divining rod
cliff
シチ   なな    なな    なの seven   
almost lined up
アク   オ   わる bad   
ギ   たわむれる to frolic, to play   おどける to jest, to joke   
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