わざと

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わざと means "on purpose" or "intentionally", and can be placed in a sentence before an action that the speaker wants to describe as being done "on purpose".

E.g. マイクはわざとアボカドの皮かわも食たべた。 "Mike intentionally ate the avocado peel as well."

E.g. わざとやったの？ "Did you do that on purpose?"

わざと is commonly used in combination with grammar such as ～ように, ～たくて・たくなくて, and ふりをする.

E.g. 練習れんしゅうを休やすめるように、わざとシューズを忘わすれて行いった。 "I intentionally forgot to bring my shoes so that I wouldn't have to go to practice."

Summary

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  わざと means "on purpose" or "intentionally"

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  わざと precedes an action that is done "on purpose"