噛み締める

Japanese

Alternative spelling
嚙み締める (kyūjitai)

Compound of 噛み (kami, “to chew, 連用形(れんようけい) (ren'yōkei) of the verb 噛(か)む (kamu)”) +‎ 締める (shimeru)

噛(か)み締(し)める • (kamishimeru) transitive ichidan (stem 噛(か)み締(し)め (kamishime), past 噛(か)み締(し)めた (kamishimeta))

to chew thoroughly, to bite (e.g. one's lip)
唇(くちびる)を噛(か)み締(し)めて耐(た)える
kuchibiru o kamishimete taeru
to endure (something) by biting one's lip
(figurative) to reflect upon, to digest
幸(しあわ)せを噛(か)み締(し)める
shiawase o kamishimeru
to reflect upon happiness

Conjugation of "噛み締める" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	噛み締め	かみしめ	kamishime
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	噛み締め	かみしめ	kamishime
Shūshikei ("terminal")	噛み締める	かみしめる	kamishimeru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	噛み締める	かみしめる	kamishimeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	噛み締めれ	かみしめれ	kamishimere
Meireikei ("imperative")	噛み締めよ¹ 噛み締めろ²	かみしめよ¹ かみしめろ²	kamishimeyo¹ kamishimero²
Key constructions
Passive	噛み締められる	かみしめられる	kamishimerareru
Causative	噛み締めさせる噛み締めさす	かみしめさせるかみしめさす	kamishimesaseru kamishimesasu
Potential	噛み締められる噛み締めれる³	かみしめられるかみしめれる³	kamishimerareru kamishimereru³
Volitional	噛み締めよう	かみしめよう	kamishimeyō
Negative	噛み締めない噛み締めぬ噛み締めん	かみしめないかみしめぬかみしめん	kamishimenai kamishimenu kamishimen
Negative continuative	噛み締めず	かみしめず	kamishimezu
Formal	噛み締めます	かみしめます	kamishimemasu
Perfective	噛み締めた	かみしめた	kamishimeta
Conjunctive	噛み締めて	かみしめて	kamishimete
Hypothetical conditional	噛み締めれば	かみしめれば	kamishimereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential

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

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