しかう、しかって、to think of? or to scold?


listening to a song lyric, I hear: あたしをしかってくれるひと … the only しかって I know well
is "scold" ... but it doesn't make a lot of sense in the lyric. I typed しかう
(thinking it might be a verb I don't know) into google, and google says it
means "to think" ...but google doesn't offer any kanji form, so I can't
compare the word, and can't find any other website that offers a translation
of しかう.

it is from the first ending song of the recent anime _Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-
san_.

the lyrics up to that point are as follows:

> ロマンティック 恋{こい}のアンテナは  
>  romanitikku koi no antenna wa  
>  My romantic love antenna
>
> 嵐{あらし}で何処{どこ}かへ飛{と}んでいった  
>  arashi de dokoka e tonde itta  
>  was blown away somewhere by a storm
>
> 嘘{うそ}でしょう 冷{つめ}たく遇{あしら}った  
>  uso deshou tsumetaku ashiratta  
>  "I can’t believe you" he said, spurning me coldly
>
> こしゃくなエクボに  
>  koshaku na ekubo ni  
>  his impudent little dimples
>
> ちょっと 心{こころ}が揺{ゆ}れてる  
>  chotto kokoro ga yureteru  
>  are making my heart flutter a little
>
> ホントは 本気{ほんき}であたしを  
>  hontou wa honki de atashi wo  
>  "The truth is, you’re important to me
>
> 叱{しか}ってくれる大事{だいじ}な人{ひと}  
>  shikatte kureru daijina hito  
>  because you scold me so seriously."




The verb would have to be 「{しか}る」; It ends in a 「る」 and not an 「う」.

> 「あたしをってくれる人」

literally means:

> "a person/guy who scolds me (to my benefit)"

but what that actually refers to is a **_mentor_** or **_big brother_** type
of figure in Japanese culture. So, scolding is not all that is performed by
that person.

Not sure how Google gets "to think", but it does not surprise me. I would not
need to be here if Google were trustable.




The verb would have to be 「{しか}る」; It ends in a 「る」 and not an 「う」.

> 「あたしをってくれる人」

literally means:

> "a person/guy who scolds me (to my benefit)"

but what that actually refers to is a **_mentor_** or **_big brother_** type
of figure in Japanese culture. So, scolding is not all that is performed by
that person.

Not sure how Google gets "to think", but it does not surprise me. I would not
need to be here if Google were trustable.

