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膠

膠: glue

glue; stick
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Readings

On
コウ・キョウ
Kun
にかわ・にべ

Common words: 膠着 (stalemate, adhesion) and 膠原病 (collagen disease); にかわ is animal glue.

Key words

膠着こうちゃくstalemate; adhesion
膠にかわanimal glue
膠原病こうげんびょうcollagen disease
膠着語こうちゃくごagglutinative language

Example sentences

Painters of old dissolved their pigments in animal glue to paint.

The negotiations fell into a deadlock, and neither country gave an inch.

Collagen disease is a general term for illnesses in which an immune abnormality causes inflammation throughout the body.

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