Vocab Info

N1 Adverb, と-adverb, する-verb, の-adjective

温々(ぬくぬく)comfortably, snugly, cosily, easy, carefree

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Adverb, と-adverb, する-verb

      1. 1.

        snugly, cosily, warmly, comfortably

        Usually written using kana alone

    2. Adverb, と-adverb

      1. 2.

        carefree, easily, safely, without hardship

        Usually written using kana alone

    3. の-adjective

      1. 3.

        freshly made and still warm

        Usually written using kana alone

    4. Adverb, と-adverb

      1. 4.

        imprudently, shamelessly

        Usually written using kana alone

    All Forms

    温々 【ぬくぬく】、温温 【ぬくぬく】

    Details

      • ぬ

      • く

      • ぬ

      • く

    Examples

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    • こたつで温々(ぬくぬく)と暖(あたた)まる。

      To warm up cozily with a Kotatsu.

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    • 妹(いもうと)はまだ親(おや)と一緒(いっしょ)に温々(ぬくぬく)と暮(く)らしています。

      My younger sister is still living carefree with our parents.

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    • 私(わたし)は温々(ぬくぬく)と布団(ふとん)にくるまっている時間(じかん)が大好(だいす)きだ。

      I love the time when I am snugly wrapped up in my futon.

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    • 部屋(へや)の中(なか)が温々(ぬくぬく)してくるや否(いな)や、暑(あつ)さが苦手(にがて)な夫(おっと)は冷房(れいぼう)を点(つ)けました。

      No sooner had the room started to get comfortably warm, than my husband, who doesn't do well with heat, turned on the air conditioning.

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    • 叔母(おば)を殺(ころ)した犯人(はんにん)はどこかで温々(ぬくぬく)と暮(く)らしている。こんな耐(た)え難(がた)い理不尽(りふじん)があるか。

      The culprit who killed my aunt is living carefree somewhere. How can such an unbearable injustice exist?

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