"掻き撫でる" meaning in Japanese

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Verb

IPA: [ka̠kʲina̠de̞ɾɯ̟] Forms: 掻き撫でる [canonical] (ruby: 掻(か), 撫(な)), kakinaderu [romanization]
Etymology: 掻(か)き (kaki, prefix adding emphasis to verbs) + 撫(な)でる (naderu, “to stroke, to caress”). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|掻き|かき|撫でる|なでる|pos=prefix adding emphasis to verbs|t2=to stroke, to caress}} 掻(か)き (kaki, prefix adding emphasis to verbs) + 撫(な)でる (naderu, “to stroke, to caress”) Head templates: {{ja-verb|かきなでる}} 掻(か)き撫(な)でる • (kakinaderu)
  1. to stroke, to caress
    Sense id: en-掻き撫でる-ja-verb-4VJ-feTK Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese verbs without transitivity, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
  2. (of a stringed musical instrument) to strum, to pluck
    Sense id: en-掻き撫でる-ja-verb-uLvj4PiL Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese verbs without transitivity, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 38 62 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
     
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        "(of a stringed musical instrument) to strum, to pluck"
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      "ipa": "[ka̠kʲina̠de̞ɾɯ̟]"
    }
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