N21401/1725

掻かく

usually written using kana alonegodan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)transitive verb

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かく

Meanings

to scratch
to perspire
to shovel, to paddle

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Example sentences

背中せなかがかゆくて、思おもわず掻かいてしまった。

My back was itchy, and I ended up scratching it without thinking.

恥はじをかくのが怖こわくて、発表はっぴょうで緊張きんちょうした。

I was nervous during the presentation because I was afraid of embarrassing myself.

炎天下えんてんかでスポーツをすると、大量たいりょうに汗あせをかく。

When you play sports under the blazing sun, you perspire a great deal.

虫むしに刺さされた箇所かしょを掻かかないようにしてください。

Please try not to scratch the area where you were bitten by an insect.

彼かれは大勢おおぜいの前まえで失言しつげんし、冷ひや汗あせをかいていた。

He had made a slip of the tongue in front of a large crowd and was breaking out in a cold sweat.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)