噛む
かむ · kamu
To bite
- to chew, to gnaw, to masticate
- to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.), to falter with one's words, to stutter, to stammer
- to crash against (e.g. of waves), to break onto (shore)
- to chew (strongly)
Other ways to say “to bite” in Japanese →
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Example sentences
歯を失うと、噛む力が大幅に低下します。
はをうしなうと、かむちからがおおはばにていかします。
If you lose a tooth, your chewing power significantly decreases.
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 噛みますかみます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 噛みませんかみません |
| Polite past (ました) | 噛みましたかみました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 噛みませんでしたかみませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 噛みましょうかみましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 噛みかみ |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 噛みたいかみたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 噛みながらかみながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 噛んでかんで |
| Plain past (た形) | 噛んだかんだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 噛んだらかんだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 噛んでいるかんでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 噛まないかまない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 噛まなかったかまなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 噛まなくてかまなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 噛めるかめる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 噛めばかめば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 噛めかめ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 噛もうかもう |
| Passive (受身形) | 噛まれるかまれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 噛ませるかませる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 噛まされるかまされる |
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What does 噛む mean?
To bite. It can also mean: to chew, to gnaw, to masticate; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.), to falter with one's words, to stutter, to stammer; to crash against (e.g. of waves), to break onto (shore).
How do you pronounce 噛む?
かむ (kamu). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 噛む?
JLPT N4 — upper beginner. See the JLPT N4 guide.
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