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可愛がる

Reading

Kana: かわいがる
Romaji: kawaigaru
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Definitions

v5r
1

to love; to be affectionate; to favor; to favour; to be partial to

2

to torment; to tease; to be rough with

Kanji

Readings: カ、 コク、 -べ.き、 -べ.し
Meanings: can, passable, mustn't, should not, do not
Readings: アイ、 いと.しい、 かな.しい、 め.でる、 お.しむ、 まな
Meanings: love, affection, favourite

Example Sentences

(ちち)(はは)(おと)らず(わたし)をかわいがってくれた。
➥My father loved me no less deeply than my mother.
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彼女(かのじょ)はその人形(にんぎょう)()(いもうと)のようにかわいがる。
➥She loves the doll like her own sister.
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その(ろう)婦人(ふじん)自分(じぶん)(いぬ)をたいへんかわいがった。
➥The old lady was devoted to her dog.
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母親(ははおや)往々(おうおう)にして子供(こども)をかわいがり()ぎる。
➥Mothers often pamper their children.
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(ちち)(わたし)(おとうと)掌中(しょうちゅう)(たま)のようにかわいがった。
➥My brother was the apple of my father's eye.
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ケンは1(にん)息子(むすこ)なので、父親(ちちおや)一層(いっそう)可愛(かわい)がった。
➥Ken's father loved Ken all the more because he was his only son.
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