てくせ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
手癖

Alternative forms

てぐせ (teguse)

Etymology

From 手(て) (te) + 癖(くせ) (kuse).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) てくせ [tèkúséꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1]
(Tokyo) てくせ [téꜜkùsè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [te̞kɯ̟ᵝse̞]

Noun

てくせ • (tekuse) ^{←てくせ (tekuse)^?}

propensity to seize things impulsively; sticky fingers

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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