噛ます
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 噛 |
| か Hyōgai |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 嚙ます (kyūjitai) 咬ます 嚼ます |
Pronunciation
Verb
噛ます • (kamasu) transitive godan (stem 噛まし (kamashi), past 噛ました (kamashita))
- to force someone to clamp 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)
Usage notes
This term is often spelled in kana.
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 噛まさ | かまさ | kamasa |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 噛まし | かまし | kamashi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 噛ます | かます | kamasu |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 噛ます | かます | kamasu |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 噛ませ | かませ | kamase |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 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 |