きざむ

刻む

to mince; to cut fine; to chop up; to hash; to shred

N5Common wordGodan verb (mu ending)
Godan verb (mu ending), Transitive verb
to minceto cut fineto chop upto hashto shred
Godan verb (mu ending), Transitive verb
to carveto engraveto chiselto notch
Godan verb (mu ending), Transitive verb
to tick away (time)to beat out (e.g. rhythm)to record the passing moments
Godan verb (mu ending), Transitive verb
to etch (into one's mind)to remember distinctly
Godan verb (mu ending), Transitive verb
to have tattooed
Godan verb (mu ending), Transitive verb
to torment

Conjugations

Present辞書形
刻む(きざむ)
Negativeない形
刻まない(きざまない)
Pastた形
刻んだ(きざんだ)
Past Negativeなかった形
刻まなかった(きざまなかった)
Te-formて形
刻んで(きざんで)

Example Sentences

(かれ)は大理石を刻んで像を作った。

He carved marble into a statue.

少年は()に自分の名前を刻んだ。

The boy carved his name on the tree.

その彫刻家は()で仏像を刻んだ。

The sculptor carved wood into an image of Buddha.

その像は(いし)を刻んで作ったものだ。

The statue is carved out of stone.

その(いし)は刻まれて大きな像になった。

The stone was carved into a large statue.