► 助動詞
たがる [(2)たがる] meaning: want rank: 1
☆ 彼はスカイダイビングをしたがっている ⇨ He is wanting to try skydiving
☆ うちの娘は同じ映画を何度も何度も見たがる ⇨ My daughter wants to watch the same movie again and again (☛ Very eager to do something, often unreasonably)
☆ 子供は何でもいじりたがる ⇨ Kids want, like, to touch everything (☛ Very eager to do something, often unreasonably)
More examples:
- 彼はやたらと横文字を使いたがる ⇨ He loves to insert English words in his (Japanese) sentences
- 子供は何でもいじくりたがる ⇨ Kids want to touch, play with, everything
- 子供は皆早く大人になりたがる ⇨ All kids want to become adults quickly
- 頭の悪い日本人は間違った英語を無闇に使いたがる ⇨ Stupid Japanese love to use wrong English words for no good reasons
- 子供は何でもかんでもいじりたがる ⇨ Kids want to fiddle with anything and everything