adjective

  1. (feeling) impatient, irritated, irritating, frustrated, frustrating, vexed, vexing.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
 
歯がゆい はがゆい
 
歯痒い はがゆい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

tooth, cog
は シ よわい (3rd, N3)
stop, halt
と.まる シ どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
rice, USA, metre
ベイ こめ マイ (2nd, N3)
to divide
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
open box enclosure, open box radical (no. 17)
カン (Kentei 1)