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頷く

うなずく

to nod

Mnemonic

She never actually said yes. Una うな put her chin down once, and nobody in the room needed anything more than that: うなずく.

Worth knowing

The nod itself. 賛成する さんせいする is agreeing out loud.

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nod
頁 a head on the right, doing the one thing that answers without a word.

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