| Example in Japanese | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| うろついて ふざけて じらした | She's been driving me crazy. |
| 辺りを見回して じらして | You look around. You tease. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ندف,نفش | Azeri | dolaşmaq, sataşmaq |
| Danish | drille | Dutch | jennen, plagen |
| English | tease | Esperanto | inciteti |
| Finnish | hattuilla, härnätä, kiusata, kiusoitella, pottuilla | French | lutiner, railler, rigoler, taquiner |
| German | aufziehen, foppen, frotzeln, hänseln, hochnehmen, necken, toupieren, uzen | Indonesian | menggoda, mengusik |
| Italian | accotonare, canzonare, inzigare, sfottere, sfottersi, sfruculiare | Lithuanian | erzinti, kirkinti |
| Macedonian | задева, се задира | Norwegian | erte |
| Polish | dokuczać, dokuczyć, droczyć, podokuczać, podroczyć, przekomarzać, rozdrażnić | Portuguese | cardar |
| Russian | дразнить, подразнить, раздразнивать, раздразнить | Swedish | käxa, retas |
| Thai | หยอก | Turkish | didiklemek, ditmek |
| Vietnamese | chọc ghẹo, trêu |