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8 Nov 2020
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What is the difference between 冷やかす and からかう ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between 冷やかす and からかう ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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小学館『デジタル大辞泉』には、以下の説明があります。
冷やかす： 相手が困ったり恥ずかしがったりするような言葉をかけてからかう。「仲がいいのを冷やかす」
からかう： 相手が困ったり怒ったりするようなことをしておもしろがる。揶揄 (やゆ) する。「子供をからかう」
近い意味なのですが、「からかう」のほうが「ばかにする（make a fool of 〜）」の意味が強いです。🙂
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- English (US)
@iamaimo Oh okay. I see. Thank you very much!
- English (UK) Near fluent
- Spanish (Chile)
I will translate @iamaimo answer, since I’m also interested in the difference.
The Daijisen (major Japanese dictionary, published by Shogakukan), defines it as follows.
冷やかす Make fun of the listener troubling and shaming it.
からかう Make fun of the listener troubling and making it angry, and find it fun to do that.
Though those have similar meanings, karakau is stronger in the sense of “make fool of~”.
- Japanese
@lisfro
「冷やかす」
私がCatherineを好きなことを友達は知っていたので、遠足で同じグループになった時、友達は私を冷やかした。
How do you say this in English?
「からかう」
私が発言する時に、ボブはいつも私をからかう。
How do you say it in English?
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- English (US)
@MonyoAKN Yeah even I pretty much understood it that way. Thank you so much for translating!
- English (US)
@calubi Ah I see. There is a subtle difference it seems. Just in case you are would like a translation,
My friends knew that I liked Catherine and so they teased me when we were in the same group for the trip.
And the second one is,
Bob always makes fun of me when I am giving a speech.
so 冷やかす is light-hearted teasing but からかう is being a little mean whereas いじわる is to actually bully, right?
My friends knew that I liked Catherine and so they teased me when we were in the same group for the trip.
And the second one is,
Bob always makes fun of me when I am giving a speech.
so 冷やかす is light-hearted teasing but からかう is being a little mean whereas いじわる is to actually bully, right?
- English (UK) Near fluent
- Spanish (Chile)
@calubi I will translate it
Since (my) friends knew that I like Catherine, in a trip, we went in the same group, and then (my) friend made fun of me.
Bob always makes fun of me when I say an opinion/statement.
Edit:
I did not notice that it was already translated.
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