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寝首をかく

寝首を掻く
ねくびをかく
to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while he sleeps; to catch someone off his guard by setting traps
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水掻千鳥

水掻き千鳥
みずかきちどり、ミズカキチドリ
semipalmated plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
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掻き壊す

かきこわす
to scratch
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掻き氷機

かきごおりき
shaved ice machine
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瘡掻き

かさかき
person with skin disease (esp. syphilis)
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垢掻き

あかかき
female assistant who scrubbed customers at public baths and also offered sexual services (Edo period)
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かき揚げ城

掻き揚げ城、搔き揚げ城
かきあげじろ
small castle with a simple earthen-walled moat