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表層形
刻め
キザメ
動詞

刻め (キザメ)

Kizame · きざめ — to mince, to cut fine, to chop up, to hash, to shred; to carve, to engrave, to chisel, to notch; to tick away (time), to beat out (e.g. rhythm), to record the passing moments

Other ways to say “to mince” in Japanese →

刻め in rōmaji: kizame.

動詞 一般 * *
📝 刻む 🔤 下一段-マ行 📐 未然形-一般
Updated: 2026年9月15日
📖 Grammar Information
表層形 (Surface)
刻め
見出し語 (Lemma)
刻む
読み (Reading)
キザメ
品詞 (POS)
動詞・一般・*・*
活用型 (Conj. Type)
下一段-マ行
活用形 (Conj. Form)
未然形-一般
表記 (Orthography)
刻め
読み・基本形
キザメル
表記・基本形
刻める
見出し語の読み
キザム
How it's used

Imperative form of 刻む; used in casual commands or recipes telling someone to chop/carve something finely, or metaphorically to 'carve out' time/moments.

野菜を細かく刻め。
Yasai o komakaku kizame.
Mince the vegetables finely.

この木に名前を刻め。
Kono ki ni namae o kizame.
Carve your name on this wood.

⚖️ Commonly confused with 刻む (the dictionary form); 刻め is the imperative, used when directly telling someone to do it.

💡 English Meaning

刻め means “to mince, to cut fine, to chop up, to hash, to shred; to carve, to engrave, to chisel, to notch; to tick away (time), to beat out (e.g. rhythm), to record the passing moments” — full definition & examples →

⭐ Dictionary Form

刻める (キザメル) — main entry →

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キザメ
Lemma: 刻む
動詞一般**
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⚡ 一段 (Ichidan/Ru-verb) Conjugations
ます形 (Polite)
刻ます
て形 (Te-form)
刻て
過去形 (Past)
刻た
否定形 (Negative)
刻ない
意向形 (Volitional)
刻ましょう
可能形 (Potential)
刻られる
受身形 (Passive)
刻られる
使役形 (Causative)
刻させる
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動詞 (verbs) come at the end of a Japanese sentence. They conjugate for tense, politeness, negation, and mood — this entry shows the base (dictionary) form.
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What is the difference between surface form and lemma?
The surface form (刻め) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (刻む) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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