Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of べたべた in Japanese

べたべた
Romaji
betabeta
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), adverb (fukushi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
    Meaning
    sticky
    Example sentence
    壁一面にポスターをべたべた張る。 Plaster a wall over with posters.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    all over
    Example sentence
    ほら、付き合ったばっかりの頃ってベタベタしたいじゃない？ You see, when you have just started a relationship you want to be close to each other don't you?
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
    Example sentence
    ベタベタするんじゃねえよっ！鬱陶しい！ Get off me you little pest!
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
    Meaning
    cliched; hackneyed
    Example sentence
    お前が近くにいるのをいいことにベタベタしやがって！！ What the fuck are you up to taking advantage of his proximity to cling to him like a wet T-shirt?!

Examples of , べたべた in a sentence