Illustration: In a compact apartment hallway, a preschooler crouches beside a freshly drawn parade of wobbly cats running along the wall just above the skirting board. The child is still adding absurdly long whiskers with a crayon.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

落らく書がき

rakugaki

scribble, graffiti, doodle

Example sentences

  1. ここに落書らくがきするな。

    Don’t scribble here.

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  2. 壁かべは落書らくがきだらけだ。

    The wall has graffiti all over it.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 退屈たいくつしているときに、紙かみに落書らくがきをしたことがありませんか？

    Do you ever doodle on a piece of paper when you’re bored?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 落書

  • 落fall; dropOnラクKunおちる・おち・おとす
  • 書writeOnショKunかく

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