Word Meaning 阿る

おもねる omoneru

阿る is read as おもねる (omoneru) and means to flatter.

Meaning

English

  1. to flatter
  2. to play up (to)
  3. to curry favor (with)
  4. to fawn (on)
  5. to cater (to)

Reading

Kana

おもねる

Romaji

omoneru

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 9 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Rank 134184 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

阿南工業高等専門学校

あなんこうぎょうこうとうせんもんがっこう

Anan National College of Technology

阿付迎合

あふげいごう

ingratiation

阿国歌舞伎

おくにかぶき

Okuni kabuki

阿代

あしろ

Ophidion asiro (species of cusk eel)

阿世

あせい

timeserving

阿比

あび

red-throated loon (Gavia stellata)

阿形

あぎょう

open-mouthed form (statue with open mouth, symbolizing the "a" half of "aum")

阿頼耶識

あらやしき

alaya-vijnana (store consciousness, consciousness forming the base of all human existence)

阿字

あじ

first Sanskrit alphabet letter (in esoteric Buddhism symbolizes the source of all things)

阿片木

あへんぼく

kratom (Mitragyna speciosa)

阿爾及

あるじぇりあ

Algeria

阿母

あぼ

mother

Example Sentences

2

かれはじょうしにおもねるようなたいどをみせた。

He showed a fawning attitude toward his boss.

おもねるひとはしんようされにくい。

People who fawn on others are hard to trust.