Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Hyōgaiji
むし
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
搔き毟る (kyūjitai)
掻きむしる

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

()(むし) (kakimushirugodan (stem ()(むし) (kakimushiri), past ()(むし)った (kakimushitta))

  1. to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
    (かみ)()()(むし)
    kami no ke o kakimushiru
    to scratch one's hair

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN