Illustration: After carrying vegetable crates into a neighbourhood shop, a worker pauses beside the doorway and draws a small towel across their sweaty forehead. Beads of sweat remain on one temple, while the area behind the moving cloth is visibly dry.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

拭ぬぐう

nuguu

to wipe away

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは額ひたいの汗あせを拭ぬぐった。

    He wiped the sweat from his brow.

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  2. 彼女かのじょはほこりを拭ぬぐうのに湿しめった布ぬのを使つかった。

    She used a damp rag to wipe off the dust.

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  3. トムはハンカチで額ひたいを拭ぬぐった。

    Tom wiped his forehead with a handkerchief.

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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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