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A19 な-adjective, Adverb, する-verb, と-adverb

ベタベタsticky, thickly (e.g. painted), heavily (applied), all over (pasting, stamping, etc.), clinging (e.g. of a person), following around, being all over (each other), flirting, cliched, hackneyed

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    1. な-adjective, Adverb, する-verb

      1. 1.

        sticky

        Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
    2. Adverb, と-adverb

      1. 2.

        thickly (e.g. painted), heavily (applied)

        Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
      2. 3.

        all over (pasting, stamping, etc.)

        Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
    3. Adverb, と-adverb, する-verb

      1. 4.

        clinging (e.g. of a person), following around, being all over (each other), flirting

        Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
    4. な-adjective

      1. 5.

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    ベタベタべたべた

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      (あせ)下着(したぎ)がベタベタしています。

      My underwear is sticky from sweat. {sticky, thickly (e.g. painted), heavily (applied), all over (pasting, stamping, etc.), clinging (e.g. of a person), following around, being all over (each other), flirting, cliched, hackneyed}

      公共(こうきょう)()でベタベタするのはマナー違反(いはん)だ。

      Flirting heavily in public places is a breach of manners. {sticky, thickly (e.g. painted), heavily (applied), all over (pasting, stamping, etc.), clinging (e.g. of a person), following around, being all over (each other), flirting, cliched, hackneyed}

      (はは)がファウンデーションをベタベタとつけている。

      My mother is applying foundation thickly. {sticky, thickly (e.g. painted), heavily (applied), all over (pasting, stamping, etc.), clinging (e.g. of a person), following around, being all over (each other), flirting, cliched, hackneyed}

      (のり)をベタベタとつけてノートにメモ用紙(ようし)()()けました。

      I heavily applied glue and pasted the memo paper onto the notebook. {sticky, thickly (e.g. painted), heavily (applied), all over (pasting, stamping, etc.), clinging (e.g. of a person), following around, being all over (each other), flirting, cliched, hackneyed}

      受験生(じゅけんせい)息子(むすこ)部屋(へや)(かべ)目標(もくひょう)()いた(かみ)をベタベタと()っている。

      My son, who is preparing for exams, has papers with his goals written on them pasted all over the walls of his room. {sticky, thickly (e.g. painted), heavily (applied), all over (pasting, stamping, etc.), clinging (e.g. of a person), following around, being all over (each other), flirting, cliched, hackneyed}

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