爪噛み

Japanese

Kanji in this term
爪	噛
つめ Grade: S	か Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
爪嚙み (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 爪(つめ) (tsume, “nail”) + 噛(か)み (kami, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 噛(か)む (kamu, “to bite”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝme̞ka̠mʲi]

Noun

爪(つめ)噛(か)み • (tsumekami) 

1. nail biting