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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

粘ねばり

nebari

stickiness, viscosity

Example sentences

  1. 粘ねばりが出でたところで生地きじを布製ぬのせいの袋ふくろに入いれる。

    When the dough becomes sticky, transfer it to a cloth bag.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. ソースはコールタール状じょうの粘ねばりの強つよいものを使用しよう。

    The sauce, coal tar-like and sticky, is used.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 米飯べいはんは、デンプンの割合わりあいが多おおい程ほど、食感しょくかんに日本人好にっぽんじんこのみの粘ねばりがある。

    The more starch in the rice, the stickier the cooked rice becomes, and the more favorable to the palate of the average Japanese consumer.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 粘

  • 粘sticky; glutinousOnネンKunねばる

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