Entry
  1. Adverb (fukushi), Adverb taking the 'to' particle, Suru verb

    busily; sedulously; laboriously; feverishly; fussily; worrying (about little things)

    Usually written using kana alone

    何でもかんでもむきになってあくせくするのをやめれば、きっと人々は今の2倍も長生きするだろう。
    I'm sure people would live twice as long if they stopped getting themselves worked up over everything.

Also written 偓促【あくせく】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

grating the teeth, fretful

On
アク
Strokes
24
Radical
tooth

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (10)
CodeReference
1-15-9SKIP code
3r21.1The Kanji Dictionary
2771.4Four corner code
9f77Unicode hex code
1-83-89JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5438Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
7101New Nelson (John Haig)
48727Morohashi
wo4Pinyin reading
agKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

grating the teeth

Kun
せま.る
On
サクソクセクシュクシュウ
Strokes
22
Radical
tooth

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (10)
CodeReference
1-15-7SKIP code
7d15.3The Kanji Dictionary
2678.1Four corner code
9f6aUnicode hex code
1-83-88JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5436Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
7099New Nelson (John Haig)
48669Morohashi
chuo4Pinyin reading
chagKorean reading