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Texture & Touch

ぬめぬめ

nume-nume

Slimy and slick

A smooth, mucous-like slipperiness. Similar to nuru-nuru but with a slightly more organic, natural feel — like wet seaweed or mushrooms.

💡Handling raw mushrooms — 'These mushrooms feel all nume-nume.'

Example

きのこがぬめぬめして滑りやすい。

The mushrooms are nume-nume and slippery.

Quiz yourself

The seaweed felt ___ and slippery in my hands.

海藻が○○して手から滑り落ちそうになった。

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