がき

Japanese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of がき – see the following entry.

[noun] (Buddhism) short for 餓鬼道 (gakidō): the hungry ghost realm, one of the six realms of reincarnation in Buddhist cosmology

[noun] (Buddhism) the souls of the dead who languish in oblivion without any surviving relatives to pray for their peace

[noun] (figurative) anyone who is constantly hungry or thirsty

[noun] (figurative) anyone who is unhealthily thin and appears as if they are starving

[noun] (archaic) Short for 餓鬼病 (gakiyami, gakibyō, “leprosy”).

[noun] (derogatory, slang, by extension from the sense of someone who is always hungry) an unpleasant child, a brat

Alternative spelling
ガキ

(This term, がき, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as がき, see Category:Japanese kanji read as がき.)