足掻き

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Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
かき > がき
Hyōgaiji
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).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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
Idioms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
あし
Grade: 1
かき > がき
Hyōgaiji
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).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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 Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template..
Kanji in this term
あし
Grade: 1
かき
Hyōgaiji
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.

Pronunciation

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Noun

足掻(あしか) or 足掻(アシカ) (ashikaki

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Usage notes

As with many terms used in biology contexts, this term is often spelled in katakana.

Derived terms

References

  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
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.