かく
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)
Usually written in kana
1. to scratch
Then, after scratching his head, he resumes his thinking.
2. to perspire
I worked up a good sweat!
3. to shovel; to paddle
First thing in the morning, I shoveled the snow in front of the house.
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (21 in total)
to perspire; to sweat
to be embarrassed; to lose face
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels; to be self-complacent
Examples (21 in total)
Shall I draw a map for you?
I laugh and scratch my head.
I worked up a good sweat!