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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

掻かく

N2
かく kaku
  1. to scratch
  2. to perspire
godan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

抓;挠;出汗

Examples

  • 先せん生せいの言こと葉ばでメアリーは冷ひや汗あせをかいた。
    The teacher's words put Mary in a cold sweat.
    老师的话让玛丽出了一身冷汗。
  • その社しゃ会かい学がく者しゃは背せ中なかを掻かく癖くせがある。
    The sociologist has a habit of scratching his back.
    那个社会学家有挠背的习惯。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('38ac1ca047'); // 掻く
{
  "id": "38ac1ca047",
  "word": "掻く",
  "reading": "かく",
  "romaji": "kaku",
  "meanings": [
    "to scratch",
    "to perspire"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "v5k",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1399970,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "先生の言葉でメアリーは冷や汗をかいた。",
      "furigana": "{先生|せんせい}の{言葉|ことば}でメアリーは{冷|ひ}や{汗|あせ}をかいた。",
      "en": "The teacher's words put Mary in a cold sweat.",
      "tatoeba_id": 141729
    },
    {
      "ja": "その社会学者は背中を掻く癖がある。",
      "furigana": "その{社会|しゃかい}{学者|がくしゃ}は{背中|せなか}を{掻|か}く{癖|くせ}がある。",
      "en": "The sociologist has a habit of scratching his back.",
      "tatoeba_id": 209601
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "c6ace03f0fc4aa07b837eddb6cd86ec597bc6025481657e50037fa3893151994",
    "meanings": [
      "抓",
      "挠",
      "出汗"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "先生の言葉でメアリーは冷や汗をかいた。",
        "zh": "老师的话让玛丽出了一身冷汗。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "その社会学者は背中を掻く癖がある。",
        "zh": "那个社会学家有挠背的习惯。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/38ac1ca047",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1399970; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "e3b47f0c6b44cf33e5538c8c4f65477d12a95cfa0269f4ac9de92ea8f620a2d3"
  }
}