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汗

あせ

sweat, perspiration

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Examples

  1. 暑くて汗が出ます。

    あつくてあせがでます。

    It's hot and I'm sweating.

  2. 走ったあとで汗をたくさんかいた。

    はしったあとであせをたくさんかいた。

    I sweated a lot after running.

  3. タオルで額の汗をふきなさい。

    タオルでひたいのあせをふきなさい。

    Wipe the sweat off your forehead with a towel.

Common patterns

汗をかく
to sweat
汗をふく
to wipe off sweat
冷や汗
a cold sweat (of fear or embarrassment)

Memory tip

The verb is かく, not 出す: 汗をかく. The water radical 氵 plus 干 gives you "liquid that dries". 冷や汗 is the sweat of nerves, not of heat.

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