Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 根刮ぎ(ねこそぎ) in Japanese

根刮ぎ, 根こそぎ
Kana Reading
ねこそぎ
Romaji
nekosogi
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adverb (fukushi)
    Meaning
    root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots
    Example sentence
    麻薬の密売は根こそぎ絶やさなければならない。 We must eradicate the drug traffic, root and branch.

Examples of 根刮ぎ, 根こそぎ, ねこそぎ in a sentence

Kanji in this word

根 JLPT 2

10 strokes

root, radical, head (pimple)

On'Yomi: コン

Kun'Yomi: ね, -ね

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刮

8 strokes

scrape off

On'Yomi: カツ

Kun'Yomi: こそ.げる, けず.る

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