噛ます

Japanese
Kanji in this term
噛
か
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
嚙ます (kyūjitai)
咬ます
嚼ます

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) かま​す [kàmáꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ma̠sɨᵝ]

Verb

噛(か)ます • (kamasu) transitive godan (stem 噛(か)まし (kamashi), past 噛(か)ました (kamashita))

  1. to force someone to clamp with their teeth, to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag)
    猿轡(さるぐつわ)をかます
    sarugutsuwa o kamasu
    to gag someone
  2. to wedge into a space
  3. to inflict (a blow), to deal (a hit)
  4. to pull (a joke), to say or do (something stupid), to try (a bluff)

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

Conjugation
Conjugation of "噛ます" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
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

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