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amä
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English
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Noun
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2.1
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Etymology
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Borrowed from
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あまえ
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Noun
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amae
(
uncountable
)
Childlike behaviour aimed at inducing another (such as a parent, spouse, teacher or boss) to take care of one.
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amae
Rōmaji
transcription of
あまえ
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English terms borrowed from Japanese
English terms derived from Japanese
English lemmas
English nouns
English uncountable nouns
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Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes