Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
嘗める
甞める

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "嘗める"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
嘗める [nàméꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 嘗めろ [nàméꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive 嘗められる められ [nàméráréꜜrù]
Causative 嘗めさせる めさせ [nàmésáséꜜrù]
Potential 嘗められる められ [nàméráréꜜrù]
Volitional 嘗めよう めよ [nàméyóꜜò]
Negative 嘗めない ない [nàméꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 嘗めなかった なかった [nàméꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 嘗めます めま [nàmémáꜜsù]
Perfective 嘗めた めた [náꜜmètà]
Conjunctive 嘗めて めて [náꜜmètè]
Hypothetical conditional 嘗めれば れば [nàméꜜrèbà]

Verb edit

()める (namerutransitive ichidan (stem () (name), past ()めた (nameta))

  1. to lick
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      (ははねこ)()(ねこ)()めている
      haha neko ga koneko o namete iru
      The mother cat is licking the kitten
  2. (of flame) to lick
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      (ほのお)天井(てんじょう)()める
      honō ga tenjō o nameru
      The flame licks the ceiling
  3. to taste
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      ()(とう)()めるsatō o nameruto taste the sugar
  4. to experience hardship
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      (これ)()辛酸(しんさん)()めた(ひと)のみが()ける(ほん)
      kore wa yo no shinsan o nameta hito no mi ga kakeru hon da
      This is a book that could be written only by a person who has experienced life's bitter side
  5. to underestimate, to make light of
    Synonyms: 侮る (anadoru), (vulgar) 舐め腐る (namekusaru)

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN