Illustration: At a home breakfast table, a diner lifts a small mouthful of natto with chopsticks and discovers a dense web of sticky strands stretching all the way back to the bowl.

JLPT N1adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

ねばねば

nebaneba

stickily, gooey

Example sentences

  1. 納豆なっとうはねばねばしている。

    Natto is sticky.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 手てがねばねばした。

    My hands are sticky.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. このねばねばした流動体りゅうどうたいは接着剤せっちゃくざいの代かわりになる。

    This sticky liquid can be substituted for glue.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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