噛ます
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 噛 |
| か Hyōgaiji |
| kun’yomi |
| Alternative spellings | 咬ます 嚼ます |
|---|
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) かます [kàmáꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
- IPA(key): [ka̠ma̠sɨᵝ]
Verb
噛ます • (kamasu) transitive godan (stem 噛まし (kamashi), past 噛ました (kamashita))
- to force someone to clampw with their teeth, to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag)
- 猿轡をかます
- sarugutsuwa o kamasu
- to gag someone
- 猿轡をかます
- to wedge into a space
- to inflict (a blow), to deal (a hit)
- to pull (a joke), to say or do (something stupid), to try (a bluff)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "噛ます" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 噛まさ | かまさ | kamasa |
| Continuative (連用形) | 噛まし | かまし | kamashi |
| Terminal (終止形) | 噛ます | かます | kamasu |
| Attributive (連体形) | 噛ます | かます | kamasu |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 噛ませ | かませ | kamase |
| Imperative (命令形) | 噛ませ | かませ | kamase |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 噛まされる | かまされる | kamasareru |
| Causative | 噛まさせる 噛まさす | かまさせる かまさす | kamasaseru kamasasu |
| Potential | 噛ませる | かませる | kamaseru |
| Volitional | 噛まそう | かまそう | kamasō |
| Negative | 噛まさない | かまさない | kamasanai |
| Negative continuative | 噛まさず | かまさず | kamasazu |
| Formal | 噛まします | かまします | kamashimasu |
| Perfective | 噛ました | かました | kamashita |
| Conjunctive | 噛まして | かまして | kamashite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 噛ませば | かませば | kamaseba |
Usage notes
This term is often spelled in hiragana.
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN