噛ます

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
嚙ます (kyūjitai)
咬ます
嚼ます

Pronunciation

Verb

()ます (kamasutransitive godan (stem ()まし (kamashi), past ()ました (kamashita))

  1. to force someone to clamp with their teeth, to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag)
    猿轡(さるぐつわ)かます
    sarugutsuwa o kamasu
    to gag someone
  2. to wedge into a space
  3. to inflict (a blow), to deal (a hit)
  4. to pull (a joke), to say or do (something stupid), to try (a bluff)

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

Conjugation

References

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