ぬぐう – Vocabulary details

ぬぐう

Meanings

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.

Alt. forms

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Conjugations...Used in: 1447

Used in vocabulary (1 in total)

くちをぬぐう

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

Examples (14 in total)

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.

彼かの女じょは汗あせをぬぐい、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.

そして彼かれは親おや指ゆびで涙なみだをぬぐった。

And then he wiped his tears with his thumb.

彼かの女じょは右みぎ手ての甲こうで涙なみだをぬぐう。

She wipes away her tears with the back of her right hand.

涙なみだをぬぐおうとして、それすらもできなかった。

I tried to wipe away my tears, but I couldn't even do that.

彼かの女じょはほこりを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.

焦あせる気き持もちを落おち着つけようと、ハンカチで額ひたいの汗あせをぬぐった。

Trying to calm my nerves, I wiped the sweat from my forehead with a handkerchief.

目めの端はしに浮ういた涙なみだを、小こ指ゆびの先さきでぬぐう。

I wipe the tears welling at the corners of my eyes with the tip of my little finger.

彼かれはシャツの袖そでで何なん度ども涙なみだをぬぐい、姿すがたが消きえた。

He wiped his tears many times with the sleeve of his shirt and disappeared.

彼かの女じょの美うつくしい顔かおから、ぬぐったように疲ひ労ろうの色いろが消きえ去さった。

The color of fatigue vanished from her beautiful face, as if wiped away.

流ながした汗あせをぬぐうべく、私わたしたちが向むかった先さきは街まちの広ひろ場ば。

To wipe away the sweat we had shed, we headed to the town square.

皮ひ肉にくっぽい口く調ちょうで責せめられて、うっ、と僕ぼくは額ひたいの汗あせをぬぐった。

Reproached in a sarcastic tone, I went "ulp" and wiped the sweat from my forehead.

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Used in vocabulary (1 in total)

Examples (14 in total)