すかす

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of すかす – see the following entries.
【賺す】
[verb] to coax, to cajole
【透かす】
[verb] to be slightly apart, to be separated by a thin space
[verb] to look through, to look into
[verb] to thin, to become thin
(This term, すかす (sukasu), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

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Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) すかす [sùkáꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [sɨ̥ka̠sɨ]

Conjunction

すかす • (sukasu) 

  1. eye dialect spelling of しかし (shikashi, “however”), representing “zū-zū” dialect Japanese
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