噛む

Japanese
Kanji in this term
噛
か
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Alternative forms
  • 嚙む, 咬む, 嚼む

Pronunciation

Verb

噛む (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana かむ, rōmaji kamu)

  1. to bite
    つめを噛 (か)むんじゃない。
    Tsume o kamu n janai.
    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. (slang) to fumble one's words; to mispronounce things

Conjugation
Conjugation of "噛む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 噛ま かま kama
Continuative (連用形) 噛み かみ kami
Terminal (終止形) 噛む かむ kamu
Attributive (連体形) 噛む かむ kamu
Hypothetical (仮定形) 噛め かめ kame
Imperative (命令形) 噛め かめ kame
Key constructions
Passive 噛まれる かまれる kamareru
Causative 噛ませる
噛ます		 かませる
かます		 kamaseru
kamasu
Potential 噛める かめる kameru
Volitional 噛もう かもう kamō
Negative 噛まない かまない kamanai
Negative continuative 噛まず かまず kamazu
Formal 噛みます かみます kamimasu
Perfective 噛んだ かんだ kanda
Conjunctive 噛んで かんで kande
Hypothetical conditional 噛めば かめば kameba

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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