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齧かじる (kajiru)

to gnaw, to nibble, to chew, to bite, to have a smattering of

  • JLPT N1
  • Ichidan verb
  • Pitch 2

Meaning

齧る (かじる, kajiru) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “to gnaw, to nibble, to chew, to bite, to have a smattering of”.

Example sentences 11

弟おとうとは美味おいしそうにりんごをかじっていたよ。

My little brother enjoyed nibbling an apple.

ネズミがパンをかじった。

The mice ate some of the bread.

犬いぬは肉にくを骨ほねからかじりとった。

The dog bit meat off the bone.

フランス語ごを少すこしかじりました。

I picked up some French.

Conjugation table

齧る (かじる) is an ichidan verb (ru-verb). Every major form with romaji:

FormJapaneseRomaji
Dictionaryかじるkajiru
Negativeかじないkajinai
Pastかじたkajita
Past negativeかじなかったkajinakatta
Polite (ます)かじますkajimasu
Polite negativeかじませんkajimasen
Polite pastかじましたkajimashita
Polite past negativeかじませんでしたkajimasendeshita
Te-formかじてkajite
Conditional (ば)かじればkajireba
Conditional (たら)かじたらkajitara
Potentialかじられるkajirareru
Passiveかじられるkajirareru
Causativeかじさせるkajisaseru
Causative-passiveかじさせられるkajisaserareru
Volitionalかじようkajiyou
Volitional politeかじましょうkajimashou
Imperativeかじろkajiro
Desire (たい)かじたいkajitai

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