かかし

See also: かがし

Japanese
Alternative spellings
案山子
鹿驚

Etymology

/kaɡaɕi/ → /kakaɕi/

Thought to be a shift from 嗅がし (kagashi, “smelling, sniffing”), itself from 嗅が (kaga, the 未然形 (mizenkei, “irrealis form”) of verb 嗅ぐ (kagu), “to smell, sniff”) +‎ し (-shi, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) かかし [kàkáshí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ka̠ɕi]

Noun

かかし • (kakashi) 

  1. a foul scent placed in rice paddies to keep animals away
    Synonym: おどし (odoshi)
  2. (by extension) a scarecrow
    Synonyms: かがし (kagashi), かがせ (kagase), そおず (sōzu)

Derived terms
  • 案山子(かかし)揚(あげ), 案山子(かかし)揚(あ)げ (Kakashiage)
  • 案山子(かかし)引(ひ)き (kakashi-hiki)
  • 種(たね)案山子(かかし) (tane kakashi)

Proper noun

かかし • (Kakashi) 

  1. 案山子: a female given name

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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