N2438/1725

粒つぶ

obsolete readingnounnoun (generic)counter

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つぶ

Meanings

grain, bead, drop
counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops

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Example sentences

この薬くすりは一日いちにち三さん粒つぶ飲のんでください。

Please take three pills of this medicine a day.

砂浜すなはまで小ちいさな砂すなの粒つぶを観察かんさつした。

I observed small grains of sand on the sandy beach.

雨粒あまつぶが窓まどガラスをたたく音おとが聞きこえる。

I can hear the sound of raindrops hitting the window glass.

米こめの粒つぶが一ひとつ残のこらず食たべられるように、子供こどもの頃ころから躾しつけられた。

I was raised from childhood to eat every last grain of rice.

この真珠しんじゅは粒つぶが大おおきく、均一きんいつに揃そろっているため、非常ひじょうに価値かちが高たかい。

These pearls are highly valuable because their beads are large and uniformly matched.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)