噛む

Japanese

Kanji in this term
噛
か
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
嚙む (kyūjitai)
咬む
嚼む

Etymology

Cognate with Okinawan 食(か)むん (kamun, “to eat”).

Pronunciation

  • 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 か​む [káꜜmù]
Imperative (命令形) 噛め か​め [káꜜmè]
Key constructions
Passive 噛まれる かまれ​る [kàmáréꜜrù]
Causative 噛ませる かませ​る [kàmáséꜜrù]
Potential 噛める かめ​る [kàméꜜrù]
Volitional 噛もう かも​ー [kàmóꜜò]
Negative 噛まない かま​ない [kàmáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 噛まなかった かま​なかった [kàmáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 噛みます かみま​す [kàmímáꜜsù]
Perfective 噛んだ か​んだ [káꜜǹdà]
Conjunctive 噛んで か​んで [káꜜǹdè]
Hypothetical conditional 噛めば か​めば [káꜜmèbà]

Verb

噛(か)む • (kamu) transitive godan (stem 噛(か)み (kami), past 噛(か)んだ (kanda))

  1. to bite
    つめを噛(か)むんじゃない。
    Tsume o kamu n ja nai.
    Don't bite your nails.
  2. to chew
    よく噛(か)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)、噛(か)みました。」
    “Shitsurei, kamimashita.”
    "Excuse me, I misspoke."

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (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
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