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!
I am sweating a lot.
I broke out in a sudden cold sweat.
He came home while scratching his head.
I replied while scratching my head.
The security guard is scratching his cheek.
Would you please write your name here?
You scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours.
First thing in the morning, I shoveled the snow in front of the house.
I can't put any strength into my hands as I paddle through the water.
The turtle was paddling frantically at the air with its legs.
He never misses reading the papers every morning.
Tom often scratches his back.
Would you please fill out this form?
I wrote him to ask why.
Then, after scratching his head, he resumes his thinking.
If I had known his address, I would have written.
She wrote to her parents at least once a week.
Whether Shakespeare wrote this poem or not will probably remain a mystery.