Word details

爪繰る

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 爪繰る.

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Entry

爪繰るまぐTransitiveGodan verbFreq #128604
1

to finger; to roll between the thumb and the fingers

Examples
修道士のように頭巾をかぶった雲は、ポツリポツリと落ちる雨を数珠のようにつまぐっている
The hooded clouds, like friars, tell their beads in drops of rain.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

claw, nail, talon

4 strokesFrequency 2,025Grade 8

On

ソウ

Kun

つめつま-

winding, reel, spin, turn (pages), look up, refer to

19 strokesFrequency 872JLPT N1Grade 8

On

ソウ

Kun

く.る

Nanori

くり

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