JLPT N4 vocabulary
噛む: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
かむ1Atamadaka · high start
Godan verb (u-verb)
Meaning
- 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 engage (of cogs, zippers, etc.), to mesh, to fit together
- to be involved in
- (archaic) to convince, to persuade (used by Edo period prostitutes)
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present辞書形 · ない形 | 噛む | 噛 |
| Plain pastた形 · なかった形 | 噛 | 噛 |
| Polite presentます形 | 噛 | 噛 |
| Polite pastました形 | 噛 | 噛 |
| Te-formて形 | 噛 | 噛 |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 噛 | 噛 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 噛 | 噛 |
| Let’s / will意向形 | 噛 | —not in common use |
| Want toたい形 | 噛 | 噛 |
| Command / don’t命令形 · 禁止形 | 噛 | 噛む |
| Can · passive · causative | ||
| Can (potential)可能形 | 噛 | 噛 |
| Passive受身形 | 噛 | 噛 |
| Make / let使役形 | 噛 | 噛 |
| Be made to使役受身形 | 噛 | 噛 |