Word · 単語
噛む
Reading かむ
to bite
- 1 to bite
- 2 to chew, to gnaw, to masticate
- 3 to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.), to falter with one's words, to stutter, to stammer
- 4 to crash against (e.g. of waves), to break onto (shore)
- 5 to engage (of cogs, zippers, etc.), to mesh, to fit together
- 6 to be involved in
- 7 to convince, to persuade — used by Edo period prostitutes
N4
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Not started
Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.
例文 · examples
なに噛んでるの？
What are you crunching on?
sense 1 · to bite
噛むと痛いですか。
Does it hurt when you chew?
sense 2 · to chew
私は唇を噛んだ。
I bit my lip.
sense 1 · to bite
脱脂綿をかんでいてください。
Bite down on the cotton roll.
sense 1 · to bite
窮鼠猫を噛む。
A cornered rat will bite a cat.
sense 1 · to bite