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Definition of 掻く

かく(kaku) 【掻く ·搔く】

(v5k, vt) to scratch
蚊に刺されたところをかいちゃだめだよ。はれちゃうから。
Don't scratch your mosquito bite. It'll get inflamed.
to perspire →Related words: 汗をかく
先生の言葉でメアリーは冷や汗をかいた。
The teacher's words put Mary in a cold sweat.
to shovel; to paddle

Words related to 掻く

もがく(mogaku) 【藻掻く ·踠く】

藻掻踠 Kanji

(v5k) to struggle; to wriggle; to squirm; to writhe
to be impatient

ひっかく(hikkaku) 【引っ掻く ·引っかく ·引掻く】

引っ掻 Kanji

(v5k, vt) to scratch; to claw

あせをかく(asewokaku) 【汗をかく ·汗を掻く ·汗を搔く】

汗掻搔 Kanji

(exp, v5k) to perspire; to sweat
激しい運動をすると汗をかきます。
Vigorous exercise makes you sweat.

あがく(agaku) 【足掻く】

(v5k, vi) to paw (at) the ground
to flounder; to struggle

ゆがく(yugaku) 【湯がく ·湯掻く ·茹がく】

湯掻茹 Kanji

(v5k, vt) to parboil; to scald

うらをかく(urawokaku) 【裏をかく ·裏を掻く】

(exp, v5k) to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to defeat →Related words: 裏かく
泥棒は警官の裏をかいて盗品を持って逃げた。
The thief outwitted the police and got away with his loot.
to pierce something all the way through

ねくびをかく(nekubiwokaku) 【寝首をかく ·寝首を掻く】

寝首掻 Kanji

(exp, v5k) to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while he sleeps
いつ寝首を掻かれるかわかったものではありません。
There's no telling when she'll stab you in the back.
to catch someone off his guard by setting traps

よくをかく(yokuwokaku) 【欲をかく ·欲を掻く】

(exp, v5k) to be greedy; to covet
そんなに欲をかいていると、虻蜂取らずになっちゃうよ。
Don't be so greedy or you'll wind up with nothing.

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