akanbe

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noun

A taunting Japanese gesture of pulling down one's eyelid and sticking out one's tongue.

OriginJapanese あかんべえ →
Scrabble 12
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Meanings

nounakanbe (plural akanbe)
  1. A taunting Japanese gesture of pulling down one's eyelid and sticking out one's tongue.

Origin

  1. Japaneseあかんべえ
  2. Englishakanbe

Borrowed from Japanese あかんべえ.

More words from Japanese

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Translations

French mon œil
  • mon œilgesture
Japanese あかんべえ, あっかんべー
  • あかんべえgesture
  • あっかんべーgesture
  • アッカンベーgesture
Turkish pışık
  • pışıkgesture
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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