Kirby's quintessentially Japanese cuteness is almost incomprehensible to his American audience, who satirize him as a dark and gloomy character constantly, almost as a reflex.
Source: tatoeba (717557)
Reflex
//ˈɹiːflɛks//
Synonyms for "reflex" (170 found)
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Closest matches (34)
Strong matches (51)
Related words (85)
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reflectionreflex actionrefluencerefluentrefluxreinforcementreorientationrepercussionreplyrespondencerespondentrespondingresponseresponsiveretroactionretroactionaryretroactiveretroflexreturnreverberationreversedrevulsionrevulsiveriseroundsagschoolshadowsilhouettesnapspontaneoussudden thoughtswagsweepturnturned aroundunadviseduncalculatedunconditioned reflexunconsciousunconsideredundeliberateundeliberatedundesignedunintendedunintentionalunmeditatedunpremeditatedunstudiedunthinkingunthinking responseunwilledunwillingunwittingurgevaultwindwrong-waywrong-way around
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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2 entriesSynonyms
2 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
64 entriesShowing 16 of 64 words.
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4 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
38 entriesShowing 16 of 38 words.
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1 entriesTranslations
46 translations across 29 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُنْعَكَس noun (automatic response)
Armenian
1 entries- արտացոլում noun (the descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language)
Bulgarian
2 entries- огледален adj (of a type of camera)
- рефле́кс noun (automatic response)
Catalan
1 entries- reflex noun (automatic response)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 反射 noun (automatic response)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- refleks noun (automatic response)
Czech
1 entries- reflex noun (automatic response)
Dutch
2 entries- reflex noun (automatic response)
- reflex noun (the descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language)
Esperanto
1 entries- reflekso noun (automatic response)
Finnish
2 entries- heijaste noun (automatic response)
- refleksi noun (automatic response)
French
2 entries- continuateur noun (the descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language)
- réflexe noun (automatic response)
German
3 entries- Fortsetzer noun (the descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language)
- Kontinuante noun (the descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language)
- Reflex noun (automatic response)
Greek
1 entries- αντανακλαστικό noun (automatic response)
Hindi
1 entries- प्रतिवर्त क्रिया noun (automatic response)
Hungarian
1 entries- tükörreflexes adj (of a type of camera)
Italian
3 entries- continuatore noun (the descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language)
- riflesso noun (automatic response)
- riflesso noun (the descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language)
Japanese
1 entries- 反射 noun (automatic response)
Kazakh
1 entries- рефлекс noun (automatic response)
Korean
1 entries- 반사 noun (automatic response)
Māori
3 entries- rāwaho adj (of an angle)
- kahuki noun (automatic response)
- whetau noun (automatic response)
Polish
4 entries- automat noun (automatic response)
- kontynuant noun (the descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language)
- odruch noun (automatic response)
- refleks noun (automatic response)
Portuguese
1 entries- reflexo noun (automatic response)
Russian
1 entries- рефле́кс noun (automatic response)
Slovene
1 entries- refleks noun (automatic response)
Spanish
4 entries- réflex adj (of a type of camera)
- continuador noun (the descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language)
- reflejo noun (automatic response)
- reflejo noun (the descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language)
Swedish
1 entries- reflex noun (automatic response)
Tagalog
2 entries- pabalik adj (of an angle)
- balikusa noun (automatic response)
Turkish
1 entries- refleks noun (automatic response)
Vietnamese
1 entries- phản xạ noun (automatic response)
Sample sentences
26 total sentences available.
Thank you very much. Thank you for activating my gag reflex.
Source: tatoeba (5069269)
To me helping is a normal thing, a reflex, if you will, like breathing.
Source: tatoeba (8160573)
Sally doesn't have a gag reflex, so she deepthroats me every time we have oral sex.
Source: tatoeba (8685432)
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