Illustration: After watering balcony plants on a humid evening, a resident sits on the apartment threshold and scratches the exposed skin just above one ankle. Their fingers curl so the nails contact the skin, and several small mosquito bites sit beside the scratching hand.

かく

kaku

to scratch

Example sentences

彼かれは頭あたまを掻かく癖くせがある。
He has the habit of scratching his head.
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蚊かに刺さされたところをかいちゃだめだよ。はれちゃうから。
Don’t scratch your mosquito bite. It’ll get inflamed.
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虫むしに噛かまれたところを掻かいてはいけない。
You should try not to scratch your insect bites.
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