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なめる (nameru)

to lick, to taste, to experience, to make fun of, to make light of, to put down, to treat with contempt

  • JLPT N1
  • Ichidan verb
  • Pitch 2

Meaning

嘗める (なめる, nameru) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “to lick, to taste, to experience, to make fun of, to make light of, to put down, to treat with contempt”.

Example sentences 11

君きみは世よの中なかをなめている

You take the world too lightly.

俺おれをなめるな。

Don't make light of me.

なめた真似まねするな!

Do you think I was born yesterday?

猫ねこは足あしの先さきをなめていた。

The cat was licking its paws.

Conjugation table

嘗める (なめる) is an ichidan verb (ru-verb). Every major form with romaji:

FormJapaneseRomaji
Dictionary嘗める なめるnameru
Negative嘗めない なめないnamenai
Past嘗めた なめたnameta
Past negative嘗めなかった なめなかったnamenakatta
Polite (ます)嘗めます なめますnamemasu
Polite negative嘗めません なめませんnamemasen
Polite past嘗めました なめましたnamemashita
Polite past negative嘗めませんでした なめませんでしたnamemasendeshita
Te-form嘗めて なめてnamete
Conditional (ば)嘗めれば なめればnamereba
Conditional (たら)嘗めたら なめたらnametara
Potential嘗められる なめられるnamerareru
Passive嘗められる なめられるnamerareru
Causative嘗めさせる なめさせるnamesaseru
Causative-passive嘗めさせられる なめさせられるnamesaserareru
Volitional嘗めよう なめようnameyou
Volitional polite嘗めましょう なめましょうnamemashou
Imperative嘗めろ なめろnamero
Desire (たい)嘗めたい なめたいnametai

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