食む
はむ · hamu
To eat (fodder, grass, etc.)
- to receive (a salary), to receive a stipend from one's lord
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 食みますはみます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 食みませんはみません |
| Polite past (ました) | 食みましたはみました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 食みませんでしたはみませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 食みましょうはみましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 食みはみ |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 食みたいはみたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 食みながらはみながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 食んではんで |
| Plain past (た形) | 食んだはんだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 食んだらはんだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 食んでいるはんでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 食まないはまない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 食まなかったはまなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 食まなくてはまなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 食めるはめる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 食めばはめば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 食めはめ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 食もうはもう |
| Passive (受身形) | 食まれるはまれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 食ませるはませる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 食まされるはまされる |
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What does 食む mean?
To eat (fodder, grass, etc.). It can also mean: to receive (a salary), to receive a stipend from one's lord.
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はむ (hamu). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
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