爪噛み

Japanese

Kanji in this term
爪 噛
つめ
Grade: S 		か
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
爪嚙み (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 爪(つめ) (tsume, “nail”) + 噛(か)み (kami, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 噛(か)む (kamu, “to bite”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨme̞ka̠mʲi]

Noun

爪(つめ)噛(か)み • (tsumekami) 

  1. nail biting
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