落らく書がき

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落書きする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	落らく書がきする	落らく書がきしない
Polite	落らく書がきします	落らく書がきしません
Past polite	落らく書がきしました	落らく書がきしませんでした
Past	落らく書がきした	落らく書がきしなかった
Te-form	落らく書がきして	落らく書がきしないで
Desire	落らく書がきしたい	落らく書がきしたくない
Potential	落らく書がきできる	落らく書がきできない
Passive	落らく書がきされる	落らく書がきされない
Causative	落らく書がきさせる	落らく書がきさせない
Causative passive	落らく書がきさせられる	落らく書がきさせられない
Volitional	落らく書がきしよう
Polite volitional	落らく書がきしましょう
Imperative	落らく書がきしろ	落らく書がきするな
Conditional	落らく書がきすれば	落らく書がきしなければ
Tara conditional	落らく書がきしたら	落らく書がきしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

scribble; doodle; graffiti

Refers to casual, often meaningless drawings or writing, especially on walls, desks, or margins. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'to scribble/doodle'.

教きょう科か書しょに落らく書がきをするのはやめなさい。
Stop doodling in your textbook.
壁かべに落らく書がきがたくさんあった。
There was a lot of graffiti on the wall.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉に落らく書がきするto scribble/write graffiti on a place
壁かべに落らく書がきするのは犯はん罪ざいです。
Writing graffiti on walls is a crime.
落らく書がきを消けすto erase/remove a scribble or graffiti
先せん生せいが黒こく板ばんの落らく書がきを消けした。
The teacher erased the scribble on the blackboard.
落らく書がきだらけcovered in scribbles/graffiti
そのノートは落らく書がきだらけだった。
The notebook was covered in doodles.

Kanji

落fall, drop, come down
書write
楽music, comfort, ease

Related words

いたずら書がき
落書き is a neutral term for any scribble or doodle, while いたずら書き specifically implies mischievous or playful scribbling, often by children.
グラフィティ
落書き covers simple, casual scribbles or graffiti of any kind, whereas グラフィティ (a loanword) usually refers to more elaborate or artistic street graffiti.

Don't confuse with

走はしり書がき
走り書き means hastily scrawled writing meant to convey information quickly, while 落書き means doodling or graffiti done idly or mischievously, not for communication.

Counted with

件けんN2
Used when counting instances of graffiti as reported cases or incidents, e.g. 落書き1件.

Word family

落らく書がき帳ちょう
sketchbook; scribble pad

Written forms

落らく書がきUsage83%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common form in modern Japanese.
落らく書がきUsage10%
Abbreviated kanji spelling, occasionally seen but less standard.
らくがきUsage3%
Kana spelling, common in casual writing or when avoiding kanji.
ラクガキUsage3%
楽らく書がきUsage1%
Alternate kanji spelling, less common and may be considered ateji-like.
楽らく書がきUsage<1%
Rare alternate spelling; not commonly used.

Etymology

Developed from the older reading らくしょ of 落書, originally referring to anonymous or satirical writings placed where others would see them. The reading らくがき later became the ordinary term for unauthorized writing or drawing.