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舌なめずり

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 舌なめずり.

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Entry

舌なめずり舌舐めずりしたなめずりNounIntransitive~する VerbFreq #19798
1

licking one's lips (at the sight of appetizing food)

2

licking one's lips (in anticipation); waiting eagerly (for); salivating (e.g. at the thought)

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

舌

tongue, reed, clapper

6 strokesFrequency 1,830JLPT N1Grade 6

On

ゼツ

Kun

した
舐

lick, lap up, burn up, taste, undergo, underrate, despise

10 strokes

On

シ

Kun

ねぶ.るな.める

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