Illustration: At a kitchen table in a Japanese apartment, a parent presses a folded cloth into a spill and draws it steadily across the tabletop. A clearly dry strip follows the cloth, while droplets and a shallow puddle remain ahead of it.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

拭ふく

fuku

to wipe, to dry

Example sentences

  1. 額ひたいの汗あせをふきなさい。

    Wipe the sweat from your brow.

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  2. 目めを拭ふきなさい。

    Dry your eyes.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれは顔かおの汗あせをふいた。

    He wiped the sweat off his face.

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Kanji in 拭

  • 拭wipe; mopOnショク・シキKunぬぐう・ふく

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