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頬をつねる頬を抓る頰を抓る [sK] ほおを抓る [sK] 頰をつねる [sK]
ほおをつねる
1. [exp,v5r]
▶ to pinch someone's cheek
2. [exp,v5r] [id]
▶ to pinch one's cheek (to make sure one isn't dreaming, esp. upon hearing good news, experiencing something fortunate, etc.)

Conjugations


History:
2. A 2025-06-03 05:05:55  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
中辞典, etc.
  Comments:
Seems it has the literal meaning too.
  Diff:
@@ -28 +28,7 @@
-<gloss>to pinch one's cheeks (to make sure one isn't dreaming, esp. upon hearing good news, experiencing something fortunate, etc.)</gloss>
+<gloss>to pinch someone's cheek</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
+<pos>&v5r;</pos>
+<misc>&id;</misc>
+<gloss>to pinch one's cheek (to make sure one isn't dreaming, esp. upon hearing good news, experiencing something fortunate, etc.)</gloss>
1. A* 2025-06-01 22:52:04  parfait8
  Refs:
sankoku, daijs, shinkoku

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーー─┬───────┬───────╮
│ 頬をつねっ  │ 2,820 │ 79.1% │
│ 頬を抓っ   │   550 │ 15.4% │
│ 頰を抓っ   │     0 │  0.0% │
│ ほおを抓っ  │     0 │  0.0% │
│ 頰をつねっ  │     0 │  0.0% │
│ ほおをつねっ │   197 │  5.5% │
╰─ーーーーーー─┴───────┴───────╯
  Comments:
gloss might need work

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