悪戯書き

Japanese

Kanji in this term
悪	戯	書
いたずら		か > が Grade: 2
Grade: 3	Grade: S
jukujikun		kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
惡戲書き (kyūjitai) 徒書き 悪戯書 徒書

Etymology

From 悪戯 (itazura, “prank”) +‎ 書き (kaki, “writing”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of 書く (kaku, “to write”)). The kaki changes to gaki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いたずらがき [ìtázúrágákí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ita̠zɨᵝɾa̠ɡa̠kʲi]

Noun

悪戯(いたずら)書(が)き • (itazuragaki) ^{←いたづらがき (itaduragaki)?}

1. scribbling, doodling, graffitiing

Synonyms

• 落書(らくが)き (rakugaki)