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表層形
ホクホク
副詞

ホクホク

Hokuhoku · ほくほく — soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.), fluffy, crumbly, fresh-baked, fresh from the oven; being pleased with oneself, beaming happily, chuckling to oneself

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ホクホク in rōmaji: hokuhoku.

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Updated: 2026年8月25日
📖 Grammar Information
表層形 (Surface)
ホクホク
見出し語 (Lemma)
ほくほく
読み (Reading)
ホクホク
品詞 (POS)
副詞・*・*・*
活用型 (Conj. Type)
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活用形 (Conj. Form)
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表記 (Orthography)
ホクホク
読み・基本形
ホクホク
表記・基本形
ホクホク
見出し語の読み
ホクホク
💡 English Meaning

ホクホク means “soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.), fluffy, crumbly, fresh-baked, fresh from the oven; being pleased with oneself, beaming happily, chuckling to oneself” — full definition & examples →

⭐ Dictionary Form

ぽくぽく (ポクポク) — main entry →

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The surface form (ホクホク) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (ほくほく) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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