弄る

• 読み: いじる
• ローマ字: ijiru
• 漢字の分解: 弄 (rō/iji) — play with, tamper, fiddle
• 発音: /i.dʑi.ɾɯ/

意味

To fiddle with; to tamper with; to tinker or play around with something. Often implies casual, unsystematic, or unauthorised manipulation.

A Group 1 (godan) verb. 弄る covers a wide range of casual interaction with objects — touching a phone absentmindedly, tinkering with a machine without expertise, or repeatedly adjusting something. It can also describe meddling in someone's affairs or teasing a person (人をいじる). The nuance is often one of doing something without sufficient knowledge or authority. In tech contexts, 設定を弄る (to mess with settings) is a very common phrase.

例文

1. よく知りもしない機械を勝手に弄ると、取り返しのつかない故障を招く。
2. 子どもがスマートフォンを弄り続けて、アプリの設定をすべて変えてしまった。
3. 傷口を弄るのは衛生上よくないので、包帯をしたらなるべく触らないようにしてください。

使い方ガイド

場面: technology, daily life, hobbies, medicine

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

The kanji 弄 combines 王 (king/jade) and 廾 (two hands), depicting hands playing with a precious object. This pictographic origin captures the sense of handling something casually or playfully, without necessarily treating it with care.

文化的背景

時代: Contemporary

世代: All ages

社会的背景: General