I Love Kanji引っ掻く (hikkaku)
引っ掻く (ひっかく, hikkaku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to scratch; to claw”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists.
- Reading
- ひっかく
- Romaji
- hikkaku
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to scratch; to claw · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 引っ掻く
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 引っ掻く | ひっかく hikkaku |
| Polite (~masu) | 引っ掻きます | ひっかきます hikkakimasu |
| Negative | 引っ掻かない | ひっかかない hikkakanai |
| Polite negative | 引っ掻きません | ひっかきません hikkakimasen |
| Past | 引っ掻いた | ひっかいた hikkaita |
| Polite past | 引っ掻きました | ひっかきました hikkakimashita |
| Negative past | 引っ掻かなかった | ひっかかなかった hikkakanakatta |
| Te-form | 引っ掻いて | ひっかいて hikkaite |
| Potential | 引っ掻ける | ひっかける hikkakeru |
| Passive | 引っ掻かれる | ひっかかれる hikkakareru |
| Causative | 引っ掻かせる | ひっかかせる hikkakaseru |
| Volitional | 引っ掻こう | ひっかこう hikkakou |
| Imperative | 引っ掻け | ひっかけ hikkake |
| Conditional (~ba) | 引っ掻けば | ひっかけば hikkakeba |
Kanji in 引っ掻く
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 引っ掻く.
字引じびきdictionary引くひくto pull引っ越すひっこすto move (house)引き出しひきだしdrawer引退いんたいretirement引用いんようquotation引越しひっこしmoving (dwelling, office, etc.)引っ張るひっぱるto pull引力いんりょくattraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation)強引ごういんoverbearing索引さくいんindex (in a book)引算ひきざんsubtraction割引わりびきdiscount長引くながびくto be prolonged
Source: JMdict entry 1169430 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.