Keyword
sticky
Info
FrequencyTop 1400-1500
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 3
Heisig989
Readings
ねん
(53%)
ねば
(32%)
へ
(6%)
へな
(6%)
Composed of
rice
fortune-telling
Used in vocabulary (89 in total)
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
mucous membrane; mucosa
mucus; mucilage; viscous liquid; phlegm
Examples (13 in total)
I was not able to hold out this long.
This soil is very sticky.
It held out more than I thought.
Persisting is not a bad thing.
The designer made a model of the car out of clay.
The more you stir natto, the stickier it gets.
Mountain yam becomes sticky when you grate it.
The heat of the sun hardens clay.
He shaped the statue from clay.
He hardened clay by putting it into a fire.
Bricks consist mostly of clay.
He has a spirit of tenacity.
He made a little statue out of soft clay.