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JLPT N1adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

ぐいぐい

guigui

vigorously, assertively

Example sentences

  1. うじうじした優柔不断ゆうじゅうふだんな男おとこって大だいっきらい。私わたしはぐいぐい引ひっ張ぱってくれる決断力けつだんりょくのある男おとこの人ひとが好このみなの。

    I can’t stand guys who hem and haw and can’t make up their minds. I like men who can make decisions and really take the lead.

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  2. 彼かれは坂道さかみちをぐいぐい登のぼっていった。

    He pushed steadily up the hill.

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  3. 彼女かのじょは話はなし合あいをぐいぐい進すすめた。

    She drove the discussion forward assertively.

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