鼾掻

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
くつち
Hyōgai
か(き)
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
鼾搔 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Compound of (kutsuchi, snoring; epilepsy) +‎ 掻き (kaki, making something manifest), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 掻く (kaku, to scratch; to make manifest).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟t͡sɨt͡ɕika̠kʲi]

Noun

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(くつち)(かき) (kutsuchikaki

  1. (rare, obsolete) snoring
  2. (rare, obsolete) an epileptic, a person who has epilepsy

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN