てくせ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
手癖

Alternative forms

• てぐせ (teguse)

Etymology

From 手(て) (te) + 癖(くせ) (kuse).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) てくせ​ [tèkúséꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) て​くせ [téꜜkùsè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [te̞kɯ̟ᵝse̞]

Noun

てくせ • (tekuse) ^{←てくせ (tekuse)?}

1. propensity to seize things impulsively; sticky fingers