鞣す
なめす · namesu
To tan (leather, hide, etc.), to dress
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 鞣しますなめします |
| Polite negative (ません) | 鞣しませんなめしません |
| Polite past (ました) | 鞣しましたなめしました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 鞣しませんでしたなめしませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 鞣しましょうなめしましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 鞣しなめし |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 鞣したいなめしたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 鞣しながらなめしながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 鞣してなめして |
| Plain past (た形) | 鞣したなめした |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 鞣したらなめしたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 鞣しているなめしている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 鞣さないなめさない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 鞣さなかったなめさなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 鞣さなくてなめさなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 鞣せるなめせる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 鞣せばなめせば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 鞣せなめせ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 鞣そうなめそう |
| Passive (受身形) | 鞣されるなめされる |
| Causative (使役形) | 鞣させるなめさせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 鞣させられるなめさせられる |
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Questions
What does 鞣す mean?
To tan (leather, hide, etc.), to dress.
How do you pronounce 鞣す?
なめす (namesu). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
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