がき
Also written ガキ, 餓鬼
Meanings
- Noun brat; kid; urchin; little devil
- preta; hungry ghost (orig. meaning)
Example sentences
- 彼はしょっちゅうガキ仲間と街でたむろしている。
He hangs out a lot with the kids down the street. - 我こそは汝が父の亡靈なれ。只眞夜中の若千時のみ、閻浮にさまよふ許あれども、娑婆にて犯しゝ罪業の燒き淨めらるゝそれまでは、焦熱地獄の餓鬼の苦しみ。
I am thy father’s spirit; doom’d for a certain term to walk the night, and, for the day, confin’d to waste in fires till the foul crimes done in my days of nature are burnt and purg’d away. - ガキみたいなこと言うなよ。
Don't say such childish things. - ガキども、うせろ!
Beat it, kids! - ガキの頃は、よく泳ぎに行ったよ。
I went swimming a lot when I was a child.
Common phrases
Words containing がき
- 蕎麦がき (そばがき) buckwheat dumpling