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くすぶる

usually kana

Readings

くすぶるふすぶるいぶる

Meanings

  1. 1.
    v5r, vito smoke; to smoulder; to smolder; to sputter
  2. 2.
    v5r, vito be sooty; to be smoke-stained
  3. 3.
    v5r, vito smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
  4. 4.
    v5r, vito seclude oneself
  5. 5.
    v5r, vito live in obscurity; to stay in the same level (of social position, circumstances, etc.)

Example sentences

くすぶっていた薪が突然燃え上がった。

The smoldering firewood burst into flame.

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to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder

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