Illustration: Just inside the entrance of a family home, a school-age child who has already taken off his own shoes wraps both arms around his mother's waist and lifts one foot, asking to be carried the few steps into the living room.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

甘あまえる

amaeru

to act spoiled, to seek affection

Example sentences

少女しょうじょは母親ははおやに甘あまえた。
The girl played the baby to her mother.
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その子こは母親ははおやに甘あまえた。
The child played the baby to his mother.
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甘あまえるのも大概たいがいにしろ！
Do limit your spoilt behaviour!
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Kanji in 甘

甘sweet; coaxOnカンKunあまい・あまえる・あまやかす

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