Vocabulary

What does もやもや mean?

もやもや means uneasy,pent-up frustration, hazy dissatisfaction lingering in one’s chest (like uncleared fog).

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uneasy,pent-up frustration, hazy dissatisfaction lingering in one’s chest (like uncleared fog)

Example sentences

  • Because I held back what I wanted to say, an uneasy feeling lingered in my chest.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.