Word Meaning 掻っ払う

かっぱらう kapparau

掻っ払う is read as かっぱらう (kapparau) and means to swipe.

Meaning

English

  1. to swipe
  2. to filch
  3. to pilfer
  4. to snatch
  5. to walk off with

Reading

Kana

かっぱらう

Romaji

kapparau

Writing Variants

  • 掻払う かっぱらう kapparau

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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掻っ払い

かっぱらい

pilferer

掻き回す

かきまわす

to rummage around

掻く

かく

to perspire

支払う

しはらう

to pay

払う

はらう

to drive away (e.g. one's competitors)

酔っ払う

よっぱらう

to get drunk

取り払う

とりはらう

to clear away

売り払う

うりはらう

to sell off

追い払う

おいはらう

to drive away

引き払う

ひきはらう

to vacate

撃ち払う

うちはらう

to drive someone off with gunfire