嵌める

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ha̠me̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

嵌める (transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana はめる, rōmaji hameru)

Japanese verb pair
active 嵌める
mediopassive 嵌まる
  1. put on to one's body, pull on
    手袋 (てぶくろ) ()める
    tebukuro o hameru
    put on gloves
    指輪 (ゆびわ) ()めている
    yubiwa o hamete-iru
    wearing a ring
  2. hoop, place a hoop around, enclose
     (たが) ()める
    taga o hameru
    hoop a barrel
     (わく) ()める
    waku ni hameru
    place restrictions (on something); establish a framework
  3. put in place, fit into position
    ワインにコルクを ()める
    wain ni koruku o hameru
    put the cork in a wine bottle
  4. (usually passive) ensnare, trap, deceive
    • 2004, Yōtarō Ōtani, Mikawa Irako satsui no misaki [Mikawa Irako: Cape of murder]:
      つまり、おれは (はつ) () () ()けた () (わな)に、まんまとはめられたということだ
      Tsumari, ore wa hatsu e no shikaketa shi no wana ni, manmato hamerareta to iu koto da
      In other words, I was properly snared in the death trap from the start of the first frame

Conjugation

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