Moto 唾: Saliva; SputumKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ダ、タ
- Kun'yomi
- つば、つばき
- Level
- Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 34 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ダ・タ)
- 唾壷だこspittoon
- 唾棄だきdisdain; contempt
- 唾棄すべきだきすべきdetestable; despicable
- 唾液だえきsaliva; sputum
- 唾液腺だえきせんsalivary gland
- 唾液腺染色体だえきせんせんしょくたいsalivary-gland chromosome
- 唾腺だせんsalivary gland
- 唾腺染色体だせんせんしょくたいsalivary-gland chromosome
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 唾つばsaliva; spit
- 吐いた唾は飲めぬはいたつばはのめぬwords once spoken cannot be taken back
- 唾くつばくto spit
- 唾するつばするto spit
- 唾を付けるつばをつけるto call dibs; to establish a claim
- 唾を吐くつばをはくto spit
- 天に向かって唾を吐くてんにむかってつばきをはくto spit in the wind; to piss in the wind
- 天に唾するてんにつばするto spit in the wind; to piss in the wind
- 天を仰ぎて唾すてんをあおぎてつばきすto harm oneself in an attempt to harm someone else; to spit at the heavens and have one's spit land back on one's face
- 生唾なまつばsaliva (in one's mouth)
- 痰唾たんつばsputum; phlegm
- 眉に唾をつけるまゆにつばをつけるto keep one's wits about one; to be on one's guard
- 眉に唾をぬるまゆにつばをぬるto keep one's wit about one; to be on one's guard
- 眉に唾を付けるまゆにつばをつけるto keep one's wits about one; to be on one's guard
- 眉に唾を塗るまゆにつばをぬるto keep one's wit about one; to be on one's guard
- 眉唾まゆつばdubious tale; cock-and-bull story
- 眉唾ものまゆつばものdubious tale; cock-and-bull story
- 眉唾物まゆつばものdubious tale; cock-and-bull story
Other readings
- 唾きつばsaliva; spit
- 唾吐くつばくto spit
- 固唾かたずsaliva held in one's mouth during times of tension
- 固唾をのむかたずをのむto hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
- 固唾を呑むかたずをのむto hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
- 固唾を飲むかたずをのむto hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
- 虫唾むしずheartburn
- 虫唾が走るむしずがはしるto be disgusted; to be repulsed
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