tease

/tiːz/

意味: からかい

例文: Momo’s playful tease made Kai laugh.
　　  モモのふざけたからかいがカイを笑わせた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: playful tease(遊び心のあるからかい), gentle tease(優しいからかい), relentless tease(しつこいからかい)

定義: 人をからかうことや、冗談でいじることを指します。時には友好的に、時には意地悪に使われることがあります。相手を笑わせたり、軽くいじったりするために使われることが多いです。

teaseは約300,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
Noun: a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
Noun: the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
Verb: annoy persistently
Verb: harass with persistent criticism or carping
Verb: to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them
Verb: tear into pieces
Verb: raise the nap of (fabrics)
Verb: disentangle and raise the fibers of
Verb: separate the fibers of
Verb: mock or make fun of playfully
Verb: ruffle (one’s hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

Children often tease their friends playfully.(子供たちはよく友達をからかう。)
Don’t tease the cat; it might scratch.(猫をからかわないで、引っかかれるかも。)
He likes to tease out the truth slowly.(彼はゆっくりと真実を引き出すのが好きだ。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: he ignored their teases
Noun: his ribbing was gentle but persistent
Verb: The children teased the boy because of his stammer
Verb: The children teased the new teacher
Verb: Don’t ride me so hard over my failure
Verb: His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie
Verb: The advertisement is intended to tease the customers
Verb: She has a way of teasing men with her flirtatious behavior
Verb: tease tissue for microscopic examinations
Verb: tease wool
Verb: the flirting man teased the young woman

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): annoyer, badger, bait, beleaguer, bug, card, cod, coquette, flirt, fluff, loosen, minx, pester, prickteaser, rag, rally, razz, ribbing, ride, tantalise, tantalization, tantalize, taunt, tease, tease apart, teaser, teasing, twit, vamp, vamper, vexer

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): change surface, comb, disentangle, harassment, manipulate, mock, ridicule, separate, shred, torment, unwelcome person, woman

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): amazon, avulse, b-girl, bachelor girl, badgering, baggage, baiting, ball-buster, black woman, bluestocking, bridesmaid, broad, cat, cinderella, coquette, crust, curl, dame, debunk, debutante, decompose, deride, dialyse, disperse, disreputable person, divorcee, dominatrix, donna, enchantress, ex-wife, extract, eyeful, filter, flush, fold, fractionate, geisha, girl, girlfriend, gold digger, gravida, hamstring, handle, heave, heroine, impress, inamorata, ingrate, ingratiate, intruder, jezebel, jilt, lady, level, macerate, madden, maenad, marbleize, matriarch, matron, meddler, mestiza, mistress, mother figure, nanny, nullipara, nymph, nymphet, old woman, peptize, persecute, prostitute, ravel, ridicule, roll up, roughen, satirize, sexual harassment, shiksa, sift, slick, smasher, smooth, sourpuss, spoilsport, spot, stultify, sylph, tease, troublemaker, undesirable, unfurl, unmarried woman, unpleasant person, vestal, villain, wac, wash, wave, white woman, widow, wife, witch-hunt, wonder woman, yellow woman

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): jeer, kid

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: Tantalus, annoy, badgerer, coquette, flirt, flirtatious, pesterer, razzing, rib, tantaliser, tantalization, tantalize, tantalizer, taunt, taunting, tease, teaser, teasing, twit, vamp, vex

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Holes

Movies(映画):

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: anger, anticipation, negative, sadness