Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)
Usually written in kana
1. to scratch
2. to perspire
3. to shovel; to paddle
Pitch accent
Top 2300
Used in vocabulary (17 in total)
to perspire; to sweat
to be embarrassed; to lose face
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
Examples (9 in total)
Shall I draw a map for you?
Would you please write your name here?
You scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours.