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    3. つかず離れず

    つかず離れず

    つ​か​ず​離はなれ​ず​

    maintaining a reasonable distance

    NTAdverb, ParticleEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab33 strokes

    付かず離れず即かず離れず

    つかずはなれず

    Adverb, Particle

    1.
    maintaining a reasonable distance, keeping a proper distance, being neither too close nor too distant, taking a neutral position

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    Characters that make up this word

    離
    はな.れる・はな.す…(1)
    detach・separation・disjoin・digress
    Kanji
    つ
    tsu
    Kana
    か
    ka
    Kana
    ず
    zu
    Kana
    れ
    re
    Kana
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