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掻かく
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)
Usually written in kana
1. to scratch
2. to perspire
3. to shovel; to paddle
Alt. forms
かく
56%
掻かく
25%
搔かく
18%
Kanji used
掻
to scratch
Pitch accent
か
く
Top 5900
Conjugations...Used in: 1448
Used in vocabulary (10 in total)
to scratch; to claw
to perspire; to sweat
to be embarrassed; to lose face
to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while they sleep; to catch someone off their guard by setting traps
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
to be greedy; to covet
to feel really ashamed; to feel extremely embarrassed; to feel humiliated; to have egg on one's face
to snore
to snore
to snore
Examples (2 in total)
She scratched her head.
The sociologist has a habit of scratching his back.