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足掻き

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
かき > がき
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
足搔き (kyūjitai)

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of verb 足掻く (agaku, to paw at the ground; to struggle), itself a compound of (a, foot, Old Japanese form, now only found in compounds) +‎ 掻く (kaku, to scratch).[1] The kaki changes to gaki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

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Noun

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足掻(あが) (agaki

  1. pawing of hooves at the ground
  2. struggling, flailing about
    足掻(あが)(むな)しくて結局絶望(けっきょくぜつぼう)(おちい)った。
    Agaki ga munashikute kekkyoku zetsubō ni ochiitta.
    His flailing about was futile, and he ultimately fell into a depression.
  3. movement of one's hands and legs
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
あし
Grade: 1
かき > がき
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
足搔き (kyūjitai)

Compound of (ashi, foot) +‎ 掻き (kaki, scratching, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of verb 掻く (kaku, to scratch)).[1] The kaki changes to gaki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

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足掻(あしが) (ashigaki

  1. pawing at the ground (less common than the agaki reading)
  2. a children's game played by hopping around on one foot

Etymology 3

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台湾足掻き (Taiwan ashikaki): southern cutgrass, cousin species to Leersia japonica.
Kanji in this term
あし
Grade: 1
かき
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
足搔き (kyūjitai)

Compound of (ashi, foot) +‎ 掻き (kaki, scratching, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of verb 掻く (kaku, to scratch)), possibly from the way that horses or cattle might paw at the grass when grazing. Note the lack of rendaku.

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足掻(あしか) or 足掻(アシカ) (ashikaki

  1. Leersia japonica, a kind of cutgrass native to Japan
Usage notes
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As with many terms used in biology contexts, this term is often spelled in katakana.

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.