Godan verb, transitive verb

  1. to look through.
  2. to hold up to the light.
  3. to make an opening, to leave space, to space (lines), to prune (trees).
  4. to fart without making a sound.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
透かす すかす

Contained Kanji Breakdown

transparent, permeate, filter
トウ とう.る す.く (7th, N1)
excel, excellence, beauty
シュウ ひで ひい.でる (7th, N1)
two-branch tree radical (no. 115)
カ いね (Kentei Pre-1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
from, possessive particle, whereupon
ノ の すなわ.ち (Kentei Pre-1, N1)