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Meaning of 刻む in Japanese
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刻むJLPT 2
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Kana Readingきざむ
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Romajikizamu
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `mu' ending, transitive verb
- Meaning
- to mince; to cut fine; to chop up; to hash
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to carve; to engrave; to chisel; to notch
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to tick away (time); to record the passing moments
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to etch (into one's mind); to remember distinctly
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to have tattooed
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to torment
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Examples of 刻む, きざむ in a sentence
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The lovers engraved the oak tree with their initials.
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He carved marble into a statue.
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第二に、私たちが行かなければ、他の誰かが石に刻まれた文字を読んで幸福を見つける。そして私たちはすべてを失うだろう。
In the second place, if we do not go, someone else will read the inscription on the stone and find happiness, and we shall have lost it all.
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Their wish is engraved on the base of the statue.
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The boy carved his name on the tree.
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Tony carved his name on a tree with a knife.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 刻む
- Plain Polite
- 刻みます
- Negative
- 刻まない
- Negative Polite
- 刻みません
Past
- Plain
- 刻んだ
- Plain Polite
- 刻みました
- Negative
- 刻まなかった
- Negative Polite
- 刻みませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 刻んで
- Plain Polite
- 刻みまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 刻まれる
- Plain Polite
- 刻まれます
- Negative
- 刻まれない
- Negative Polite
- 刻まれません
Related Kanji
刻
JLPT 3
8 strokes
engrave, cut fine, chop, hash, mince, time, carving
On'Yomi: コク
Kun'Yomi: きざ.む, きざ.み