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いびきをかく

Meanings

1

expression, godan verb (-ku)

snore

usually written using kana alone

Standard expression for snoring during sleep.

父ちちはいびきをかいて寝ねていた。
My father was sleeping and snoring.
彼かれはいびきをかくので、一いっ緒しょに寝ねるの

が

大たい

変へん

だ

。

He snores, so it's hard to sleep together.

Written forms

鼾いびきを掻かく
Kanji form using 鼾 (snore) and 掻く (scratch/scrape); rarely used in modern writing.
イビキをかく
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling sometimes used for emphasis or in casual writing.

Kanji

鼾snoring
掻scratch, rake, comb

Similar words

いびき
いびき is the noun 'snore' or 'snoring sound'; いびきをかく is the verb phrase 'to snore'.

Etymology

The phrase combines いびき (snore, of uncertain origin) with かく (掻く, 'to scratch/scrape'), likely from the rasping sound of snoring.