つるつる

Frequency rank: 17,727. – 17,794.

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; adverb (fukushi); noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

smooth; shiny; slickonomatopoeic or mimetic word
slippery; greasyonomatopoeic or mimetic word

adverb (fukushi); adverb taking the 'to' particle

slurping (noodles)onomatopoeic or mimetic word

Forms

つるつるFrequency rank: 17,727. – 17,794.
ツルツルFrequency rank: 24,165. – 24,319.

Example sentences

4 results

1. 。

My father is as bald as a billiard ball.

Tatoeba

2. 。

I've had my hair removed permanently, so my skin is smooth.

Tatoeba

3. 、にょろり。

The slippery snake slithered right out of his hand.

Tatoeba

4. 、。

Because of yesterday's heavy snow, the ground is very slippery. As soon as I stepped outside, I slipped and fell on my bottom.

Tatoeba