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.
| 表層形 (Surface) |
刻め
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|---|---|
| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
刻む
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| 読み (Reading) |
キザメ
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| 品詞 (POS) |
動詞・一般・*・*
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| 活用型 (Conj. Type) |
下一段-マ行
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| 活用形 (Conj. Form) |
未然形-一般
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
刻め
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| 読み・基本形 |
キザメル
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| 表記・基本形 |
刻める
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| 見出し語の読み |
キザム
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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.
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 →
| ます形 (Polite) |
刻ます
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| て形 (Te-form) |
刻て
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| 過去形 (Past) |
刻た
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| 否定形 (Negative) |
刻ない
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| 意向形 (Volitional) |
刻ましょう
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| 可能形 (Potential) |
刻られる
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| 受身形 (Passive) |
刻られる
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| 使役形 (Causative) |
刻させる
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