掻く
N2かく kaku
- to scratch
- to perspire
godan verbtransitive
Chinese meanings
抓;挠;出汗
Examples
- 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.老师的话让玛丽出了一身冷汗。
- その社会学者は背中を掻く癖がある。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"
}
}