"掻く" meaning in Japanese

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      "form": "掻かれる",
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      "form": "掻かせる",
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      "form": "掻かす",
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      "form": "掻いた",
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          "english": "to feel shame in public; to humiliate",
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        },
        {
          "text": "あぐらをかく\nagura o kaku\nto sit crosslegged",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to be on the verge of tears",
          "roman": "nakibeso o kaku",
          "text": "なきべそをかく",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to feel shame in public; to humiliate",
          "roman": "haji o kaku／haji o kakaseru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "恥",
              "はじ"
            ],
            [
              "恥",
              "はじ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "恥をかく／恥をかかせる"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Dummy verb for various nouns, often with a meaning similar to \"to present\" or \"to give the impression of\"."
      ],
      "qualifier": "non-productive",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(non-productive) Dummy verb for various nouns, often with a meaning similar to \"to present\" or \"to give the impression of\"."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "かく"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠kɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Kojiki"
  ],
  "word": "掻く"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "掻く"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "掻く",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
  "path": [
    "掻く"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "掻く",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
  "path": [
    "掻く"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "掻く",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
    "掻く"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "掻く",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Rentaikei (\"attributive\")'",
  "path": [
    "掻く"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "掻く",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Kateikei (\"hypothetical\")'",
  "path": [
    "掻く"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "掻く",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
  "path": [
    "掻く"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "掻く",
  "trace": ""
}