saliva, sputum

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つばつばき

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Common Words

ばきNounFreq #5422
1

saliva; spit; spittle

Examples
吐いたは飲めぬ。
A word, once out, flies everywhere.
唾液えきNounFreq #8302
1

saliva; sputum

Examples
唾液が多く出ます。
My mouth forms a lot of saliva.
生唾生つばまつばNounFreq #15766
1

saliva (in one's mouth)

唾を吐くつばを吐くつばをはくExpressionGodan verbFreq #20803
1

to spit

唾壺唾壷だこNounFreq #25050
1

spittoon

固唾を呑む固唾を飲むかたずをのむExpressionGodan verbFreq #25353
1

Idiomatic expression

to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)

Examples
私は興奮して固唾をのんだ
I held my breath in excitement.
眉唾眉つばゆつばNounFreq #32243
1

dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information

Examples
その男が、自分は百万長者だとあのきれいな女の子にいったことはまるっきり眉唾だった。
The man's statement to the pretty girl that he was a millionaire was all eye-wash.
2

taking care not to be fooled

固唾たずかたづNounFreq #33431
1

saliva held in one's mouth during times of tension

虫唾が走る虫酸が走るむしずがはしるExpressionGodan verbFreq #41754
1

Idiomatic expression

to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps

Examples
考えただけで虫唾が走るわ。
That makes me disgusted just to think of it.
唾棄すべきだきすべきFreq #45848
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Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)

detestable; despicable; abhorrent

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