Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く)
1. 先の鋭いものを、押したり引いたりする。引っ掻く。
2. 首を切る。
3. 一部の名詞について、何らかの行為や動作を行うことを表す。
Pitch accent
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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.
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.
If I had known his address, I would have written.
Whether Shakespeare wrote this poem or not will probably remain a mystery.