噛む

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
嚙む (kyūjitai)
咬む
嚼む

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Okinawan ()むん (kamun, to eat).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "噛む"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
噛む [káꜜmù]
Imperative (命令形) 噛め [káꜜmè]
Key constructions
Passive 噛まれる まれ [kàmáréꜜrù]
Causative 噛ませる ませ [kàmáséꜜrù]
Potential 噛める [kàméꜜrù]
Volitional 噛もう [kàmóꜜò]
Negative 噛まない ない [kàmáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 噛まなかった なかった [kàmáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 噛みます みま [kàmímáꜜsù]
Perfective 噛んだ んだ [káꜜǹdà]
Conjunctive 噛んで んで [káꜜǹdè]
Hypothetical conditional 噛めば めば [káꜜmèbà]

Verb[edit]

() (kamutransitive godan (stem () (kami), past ()んだ (kanda))

  1. to bite
    つめを()んじゃない。
    Tsume o kamu n ja nai.
    Don't bite your nails.
  2. to chew
    よく()んでください。
    Yoku kande kudasai.
    Please chew well.
  3. to fumble one's words; to mispronounce
    失礼(しつれい)()みました。」
    “Shitsurei, kamimashita.”
    "Excuse me, I misspoke."

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN