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舐める

なめる

to lick

Mnemonic

The tongue out and doing the work itself, and it was the dog, and it was your face. It knows your name なめ and it is not sorry: なめる.

Worth knowing

Also does looking down on somebody: 舐めるな is do not underestimate me.

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lick
舌 a tongue on the left, out and doing the work itself.

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