Sale Lifetime access for $30 $60 from 1 November · Every level, N5 to N1 Get it
New JLPT mock tests · Full exams from past papers, timed like the real exam Take one

ぬるぬる (nurunuru)

slimy

  • Extra
  • Pitch -1

Meaning

ぬるぬる (nurunuru) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “slimy”.

Example sentences 11

うなぎはぬるぬるしていますね。

Eels are slimy.

触るとぬるぬるした.

It was slimy to the touch.

何だかぬるぬるした物が手に触れた.

My hand felt something clammy.

粘膜内の腺が粘液(ぬるぬるした濃い液体)を産生する。

glands in the mucosa make mucus (a thick, slippery fluid).

Sale

Practice JLPT membership

Every mock test, practice test and reading passage, N5 to N1, and unlimited voice lessons.

$5 a month, or $30 once for lifetime$60 from 1 November

See membership

New

JLPT mock tests

Full exams from past papers, section by section on the real exam clock, with the original listening audio. Mock test 1 is free at every level.