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糊
糊
15 strokes
Grade 9

Meanings

paste
glue
sizing

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
コ
ゴ
コツ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
のり

Common Words

糊
のり
Noun
Freq #28904
1

paste; glue

Examples
彼はメモをドアに糊で貼った。
He pasted the notice on the door.
2

clothing starch

血糊
血のり
ちのり
Noun
Freq #34948
1

clotted blood; gore; sticky clots of blood

模糊
もこ
糢糊
～と Adverb
Freq #40785
1

'taru' adjective

dim; vague; indistinct; faint; obscure

曖昧模糊
あいまいもこ
～な Adj.
四字熟語
～と Adverb
Freq #59177
1

'taru' adjective

obscure; vague; ambiguous

Examples
いったい賛成なのか、反対なのか、曖昧模糊とした意見だねえ。
That doesn't make it clear at all whether you're for it or against it.
糊塗
こと
～する Verb
Noun
Transitive
Freq #63547
1

patching up (e.g. a failure); covering up (e.g. a mistake); glossing over

糊口
餬口
ここう
Noun
Freq #72543
1

bare livelihood; subsistence

糊付け
のりづけ
のりつけ
～する Verb
Noun
Freq #75118
1

starching (e.g. clothes)

Examples
洗濯のりでののりづけの仕方を教えてください。
Please tell me how to use laundry starch to starch things.
2

pasting; gluing (e.g. paper, a letter)

糊口を凌ぐ
ここうをしのぐ
Expression
Godan verb
Freq #95432
1

to eke out a living; to get a bare livelihood; to live from hand to mouth

糊のきいた
糊の利いた
糊の効いた
のりのきいた
Expression
Freq #97295
1

Noun or verb acting prenominally

well-starched (clothing); stiffly starched

糊する
のりする
Transitive
する Verb
Freq #121891
1

to paste; to stick on with glue; to starch (e.g. a shirt)

2

As 口を糊する

to scrape a living

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