Grow with Kitty
殴る Part 3/4 · 10 / 17 鳴らす

なめる

舐める

nameru

common

English

to lick; to underestimate

नेपाली

चाट्नु; हेप्नु

Examples

  1. 犬いぬが私わたしの手てを舐なめました。

    The dog licked my hand.

  2. 相手あいてを舐なめていたせいで、試合しあいに負まけました。

    I lost the match because I underestimated my opponent.

  3. 新人しんじんだからといって、仕事しごとを舐なめてはいけません。

    Just because you're new doesn't mean you can take the job lightly.

How to write it

Stroke order for each kanji — tap replay to watch again.

舐 10 strokes

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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