噛み合わせる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
噛 合
か
Hyōgai 		あ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
嚙み合わせる (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

噛(か)み合(あ)わせる • (kamiawaseru) ichidan (stem 噛(か)み合(あ)わせ (kamiawase), past 噛(か)み合(あ)わせた (kamiawaseta))

  1. to clench teeth together
    上下(じょうげ)の歯(は)を噛(か)み合(あ)わせる
    jōge no ha o kamiawaseru
    to clench teeth together
  2. to have gears interlock
    歯車(はぐるま)をかみ合(あ)わせる
    haguruma o kamiawaseru
    to have gears interlock
  3. to cause to fight
  4. to have harmonize with

Conjugation

Conjugation of "噛み合わせる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 噛み合わせ かみあわせ kamiawase
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 噛み合わせ かみあわせ kamiawase
Shūshikei ("terminal") 噛み合わせる かみあわせる kamiawaseru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 噛み合わせる かみあわせる kamiawaseru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 噛み合わせれ かみあわせれ kamiawasere
Meireikei ("imperative") 噛み合わせよ¹
噛み合わせろ² 		かみあわせよ¹
かみあわせろ² 		kamiawaseyo¹
kamiawasero²
Key constructions
Passive 噛み合わせられる かみあわせられる kamiawaserareru
Causative 噛み合わせさせる
噛み合わせさす 		かみあわせさせる
かみあわせさす 		kamiawasesaseru
kamiawasesasu
Potential 噛み合わせられる
噛み合わせれる³ 		かみあわせられる
かみあわせれる³ 		kamiawaserareru
kamiawasereru³
Volitional 噛み合わせよう かみあわせよう kamiawaseyō
Negative 噛み合わせない
噛み合わせぬ
噛み合わせん 		かみあわせない
かみあわせぬ
かみあわせん 		kamiawasenai
kamiawasenu
kamiawasen
Negative continuative 噛み合わせず かみあわせず kamiawasezu
Formal 噛み合わせます かみあわせます kamiawasemasu
Perfective 噛み合わせた かみあわせた kamiawaseta
Conjunctive 噛み合わせて かみあわせて kamiawasete
Hypothetical conditional 噛み合わせれば かみあわせれば kamiawasereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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