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])
• 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