Illustration: During a family picnic beside a Japanese riverside path, a child holds an apple with both hands and sinks their front teeth into its edge. The apple remains clearly outside the mouth, with the upper and lower teeth pressing into the skin and a fresh crescent forming around them.

JLPT N4verbLevel estimated by Bebop

噛かむ

kamu

to bite

It can also mean to chew. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. この犬いぬは噛かむ。

    This dog bites.

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  2. つめを噛かむんじゃない。

    Don’t bite your nails.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 噛かむとこの歯はが痛いたいの。

    When I bite down, this tooth hurts.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 噛

  • 噛chew; biteOnコウ・ゴウKunかむ・かじる

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