掻かき合あわせる

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掻き合わせる · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	掻かき合あわせる	掻かき合あわせない
Polite	掻かき合あわせます	掻かき合あわせません
Past polite	掻かき合あわせました	掻かき合あわせませんでした
Past	掻かき合あわせた	掻かき合あわせなかった
Te-form	掻かき合あわせて	掻かき合あわせないで
Desire	掻かき合あわせたい	掻かき合あわせたくない
Potential	掻かき合あわせられるalso 掻かき合あわせれる	掻かき合あわせられないalso 掻かき合あわせれない
Passive	掻かき合あわせられる	掻かき合あわせられない
Causative	掻かき合あわせさせる	掻かき合あわせさせない
Causative passive	掻かき合あわせさせられる	掻かき合あわせさせられない
Volitional	掻かき合あわせよう
Polite volitional	掻かき合あわせましょう
Imperative	掻かき合あわせろ	掻かき合あわせるな
Conditional	掻かき合あわせれば	掻かき合あわせなければ
Tara conditional	掻かき合あわせたら	掻かき合あわせなかったら

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

pull together with the hands; adjust (clothing); arrange

Describes gathering or adjusting something by hand, often clothing or fabric. The core image is using hands to bring things together or into order.

彼かれは襟えりを掻かき合あわせてから部屋へやに入はいった。
He adjusted his collar before entering the room.
風かぜで乱みだれた前まえ髪がみを手てで掻かき合あわせた。
She used her hands to smooth down her wind-blown bangs.

Kanji

合fit, suit, join
搔to scratch
掻scratch, rake, comb

Related words

整ととのえる
整える means to put something in order or arrange neatly in a general sense, while 掻き合わせる specifically involves using hands to gather or adjust, often with a sense of pulling together.
直なおす
直す means to fix or correct something that is out of place, whereas 掻き合わせる focuses on the physical action of pulling or gathering with the hands, especially for clothing or hair.

Written forms

掻かき合あわせる
Full kanji spelling using 掻く; less common but still encountered.
かき合あわせるUsage33%
Common mixed kana-kanji spelling; the prefix かき is often written in kana.
かきあわせるUsage33%
搔かき合あわせるUsage19%
search-only kanji form
Search-only form using kyūjitai 搔 and variant 合せる.
かき合あわせるUsage14%
search-only kanji form
Search-only form; 合せる is a variant of 合わせる.

Etymology

Compound of 掻き (kaki, continuative form of 掻く 'to scratch, rake') + 合わせる (awaseru, 'to put together'). The prefix 掻き adds a nuance of doing something by hand or with a raking motion.