ぬぐう – Vocabulary details

ぬぐう

Verb (5-dan, う, transitive)

1. to wipe; to mop up

彼かの女じょは汗あせを拭ぬぐい、少しょう女じょに話はなしかける。She wipes away her sweat and speaks to the girl.

2. to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase; to remove

僕ぼくはまだ不ふ安あんを拭ぬぐえない。I still cannot dispel my anxiety.

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to feign innocence; to feign ignorance; to wipe one's mouth

惨みじめな気き持もちがぬぐえなかった。

I could not dispel the feeling of misery.

僕ぼくはまだ不ふ安あんをぬぐえない。

I still cannot dispel my anxiety.

トムはハンカチで額ひたいをぬぐった。

Tom wiped his forehead with a handkerchief.

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