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• ちまちま

  Mastery

• • ちまちま
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  • (face, etc.) small and round; (mostly used for bad reforms, etc.) small
    Adverb
  • ちまちまとした顔

    round face

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「ちまちま」Meaning

(face, etc.) small and round; (mostly used for bad reforms, etc.) small

（corner

Shock; blow; shock

Squirming; fidgeting

• ちまちまとした顔

  round face

「ちまちま」Part of speech

Adverb

Conjunction

Transitive

Particle

• ちりちり

  Mastery

• • ちりちり
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  • (of hair, wool, etc.) curled up; (of the body) curled up with fear.
    Adverb
  • 髪の毛がちりちりになってしまった

    Hair's all frizzy.

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「ちりちり」Meaning

(of hair, wool, etc.) curled up; (of the body) curled up with fear.

lit. the weak are prey the strong (idiom); fig. predatory behavior

preeminent

relations between two countries

• 髪の毛がちりちりになってしまった

  Hair's all frizzy.

「ちりちり」Part of speech

Adverb

Suffix

Pre-noun

Conjunction

• ちろちろ

  Mastery

• • ちろちろ
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  • （Sporadic flickering (small flames, lights, etc.)
    Adverb
  • いろりにちろちろ火が燃えている

    The fire in the fireplace burns slowly.

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「ちろちろ」Meaning

（Sporadic flickering (small flames, lights, etc.)

Advertising campaigns, public relations activities

Dusk; end of season; end of year

Empty; false

• いろりにちろちろ火が燃えている

  The fire in the fireplace burns slowly.

「ちろちろ」Part of speech

Adverb

Particle

Intransitive

I-Adjective

• つやつや

  Mastery

• • つやつや
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  • shiny
    Adverb
  • 髪がつやつやとしている

    Smooth and shiny hair

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「つやつや」Writing

艶々

艶艶

ツヤツヤ

ヒヤヒヤ

「つやつや」Meaning

shiny

slick

raise

Favor. Favor.

• 髪がつやつやとしている

  Smooth and shiny hair

「つやつや」Part of speech

Adverb

Noun

Transitive

I-Adjective

• てかてか

  Mastery

• • てかてか
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  • (Head, collar, texture, etc.) Greasy.
    Adverb
  • 汗で顔がてかてかに光っている

    Sweat makes the face shiny and oily

  • 彼のズボンのしりはてかてか光っている。

    The seat of his pants is shiny.

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「てかてか」Meaning

(Head, collar, texture, etc.) Greasy.

Activity; moving; opening; impressing

Wobbling; loitering; doing nothing

Noon. High noon.

• 汗で顔がてかてかに光っている

  Sweat makes the face shiny and oily

• 彼のズボンのしりはてかてか光っている。

  The seat of his pants is shiny.

「てかてか」Part of speech

Adverb

NA-Adjective

Suffix

Intransitive

• でれでれ

  Mastery

• • でれでれ
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  • blinded by lust
    Adverb
  • あいつは女性を見るとすぐでれでれする

    He's obsessed with women.

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「でれでれ」Meaning

blinded by lust

be an exception

Redness; reproach; cross-examination

sultriness

• あいつは女性を見るとすぐでれでれする

  He's obsessed with women.

「でれでれ」Part of speech

Adverb

Intransitive

Prefix

I-Adjective

• どしどし

  Mastery

• • どしどし
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  • (Footsteps heavy and loud) thud; (Thing) in succession
    Adverb
  • どしどし仕事に取りかかる。

    Roll up your sleeves and get to work.

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「どしどし」Meaning

(Footsteps heavy and loud) thud; (Thing) in succession

A term of respect for teachers, doctors, lawyers, etc.

Related to ...... on

Read. Look.

• どしどし仕事に取りかかる。

  Roll up your sleeves and get to work.

「どしどし」Part of speech

Adverb

Interjection

I-Adjective

Intransitive

• にやにや

  Mastery

• • にやにや
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  • A secret smile, a cold, silent smile.
    Adverb Intransitive
  • にやにや笑っている

    Smile. Smile.

  • なにニヤニヤしてるんだよ。何かいいことあったのか。

    What are you smirking at? Did something good happen?

  • さっきからあの人一人でにやにやして。怪しい。

    That person has had an odd grin on his face for a while. What do you suppose is behind it?

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「にやにや」Meaning

A secret smile, a cold, silent smile.

(color) pale, light; (thickness) thin

avoid by all means

perform divination with sticks

• にやにや笑っている

  Smile. Smile.

• なにニヤニヤしてるんだよ。何かいいことあったのか。

  What are you smirking at? Did something good happen?

• さっきからあの人一人でにやにやして。怪しい。

  That person has had an odd grin on his face for a while. What do you suppose is behind it?

「にやにや」Part of speech

Adverb

Intransitive

Prefix

Particle

• ねばねば

  Mastery

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  • (after sticking something on your hands, etc.) sticky.
    Adverb
  • あなたはオクラと納豆はどちらがよりねばねばしているかわかりますか。

    Do you know which of okra and natto is more gooey?

  • 納豆はねばねばしている。

    Natto is sticky.

  • ねばねばした鼻汁です。

    The mucus is thick.

  • このねばねばした流動体は接着剤の代わりになる。

    This sticky liquid can be substituted for glue.

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「ねばねば」Writing

粘々

ネバネバ

ンバンバ

ヂバヂバ

「ねばねば」Meaning

(after sticking something on your hands, etc.) sticky.

(Footsteps heavy and loud) thud; (Thing) in succession

Shortcomings, shortcomings

(of the administrative region) are

• あなたはオクラと納豆はどちらがよりねばねばしているかわかりますか。

  Do you know which of okra and natto is more gooey?

• 納豆はねばねばしている。

  Natto is sticky.

• ねばねばした鼻汁です。

  The mucus is thick.

• このねばねばした流動体は接着剤の代わりになる。

  This sticky liquid can be substituted for glue.

「ねばねば」Part of speech

Adverb

Intransitive

NA-Adjective

Particle

• のこのこ

  Mastery

• • のこのこ
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  • Strutting (appearing where they shouldn't)
    Adverb
  • Already mastered

「のこのこ」Meaning

Strutting (appearing where they shouldn't)

Retreating; unable to do anything about it

Confess. Confess.

Dissolution; melting (of metals)

「のこのこ」Part of speech

Adverb

Transitive

Pre-noun

Noun