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表層形
顔つなぎ
カオツナギ
名詞

顔つなぎ (カオツナギ)

Kaotsunagi · かおつなぎ — maintaining contact (with), keeping in contact (with), keeping in touch (with), making oneself seen; introducing (unacquainted people), getting acquainted (with one another)

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顔つなぎ in rōmaji: kaotsunagi.

名詞 普通名詞 一般 *
📝 顔繋ぎ 🔤 * 📐 *
Updated: 2026年8月12日
📖 Grammar Information
表層形 (Surface)
顔つなぎ
見出し語 (Lemma)
顔繋ぎ
読み (Reading)
カオツナギ
品詞 (POS)
名詞・普通名詞・一般・*
活用型 (Conj. Type)
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活用形 (Conj. Form)
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表記 (Orthography)
顔つなぎ
読み・基本形
カオツナギ
表記・基本形
顔つなぎ
見出し語の読み
カオツナギ
💡 English Meaning

顔つなぎ means “maintaining contact (with), keeping in contact (with), keeping in touch (with), making oneself seen; introducing (unacquainted people), getting acquainted (with one another)” — full definition & examples →

⭐ Dictionary Form

顔繋ぎ (カオツナギ) — main entry →

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Lemma: 顔繋ぎ
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The surface form (顔つなぎ) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (顔繋ぎ) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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The reading shows the pronunciation in hiragana or katakana as recorded by UniDic. For kanji entries this is the standard reading of this specific surface form — which may differ from other readings of the same kanji.
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