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泡 (あわ, awa) Japanese meaning: bubble | Kotomora
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The head on the beer is beautiful.
When washing your hands, please lather the soap well.
The child is chasing soap bubbles.
Usage patterns 泡あわ を 吹ふ く to foam at the mouth (from exhaustion, illness, etc.)
The dog had collapsed and was foaming at the mouth.
泡あわ が 消き える for bubbles/foam to disappear
After a while, the foam disappeared.
〈 物もの 〉 が 泡あわ だらけになる for something to become covered in foam/suds
I put in too much detergent and the sink got covered in suds.
Expressions 水みず の 泡あわ bubble on the surface of water · coming to nothing; something short-lived 泡あわ を 食く う be flustered; lose one's head; panic 一ひと 泡あわ 吹ふ かせる give someone a surprise; catch off guard and fluster; frustrate someone's plans; scare the hell out of Related words 気泡 is the technical term for a bubble of air trapped in a liquid or solid, while 泡 is the everyday word for bubbles or foam in general.
泡沫 is a literary word for foam or bubbles, often used metaphorically for something fleeting, whereas 泡 is the plain, concrete term.
泡 is the common, everyday word for a bubble or foam, while 水泡 is more formal and is mainly used in the fixed idiom 水泡に帰する.
泡 is the everyday Japanese word for foam or bubbles, while バブル is the katakana loanword used in more technical or product-related contexts.
泡 is the general word for bubbles or foam, while シャボン玉 specifically means a floating soap bubble made from soapy water.
Etymology Native Japanese word. The kanji 泡 is a phono-semantic compound with 氵 (water) and 包 (wrap), suggesting something wrapped in water. The reading あぶく is a rare variant, possibly from a different root or dialectal influence.
泡あわ 立だ てる
beat; whip; whisk; lather
沫あわ
Uncommon variant; learners should use 泡.
