Skip to content
道Nihongo Path

Word 412 of 728

Save Sign in to track

噛む

かむ

to bite, chew

By Nihongo PathUpdated

Examples

  1. よく噛んで食べてください。

    よくかんでたべてください。

    Please chew well when you eat.

  2. 犬に手を噛まれました。

    いぬにてをかまれました。

    I was bitten on the hand by a dog.

  3. この肉は固いので、なかなか噛めません。

    このにくはかたいので、なかなかかめません。

    This meat is tough, so I can hardly chew it.

Common patterns

よく噛む
to chew well
犬に噛まれる
to be bitten by a dog
ガムを噛む
to chew gum

Memory tip

噛む covers both chewing food and an animal biting you — the biter is marked with に in the passive. Casually it also means fumbling your words: 噛んじゃった "I tripped over my tongue".

Kanji in this word

  • 噛Not in the N5–N1 kanji lists

Quick check

1 / 2Multiple choiceDifficulty 2 of 5

What does 噛む mean?