pinch, pick, pluck, trim, clip, summarize

14 strokesFrequency 564JLPT N1Grade 8

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つ.む

Nanori

つむ

Dictionary

Common Words

指摘てきNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #2254
1

pointing out; identification

Examples
印刷ミスはすぐに指摘されなければならない。
Mistakes in the printing should be pointed out at once.
まむ摘む摘まむ撮む抓むTransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #5493
1

to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up (with chopsticks, tweezers, etc.)

Examples
息を止めて鼻をつまみなさい。
Hold your breath and pinch your nostrils.
2

to pick up and eat; to snack on

3

to pick out (the main point); to summarize; to sum up

4

Usu. in the passive

to bewitch; to possess; to fascinate

摘む抓むTransitiveGodan verbFreq #6682
1

to pick; to pluck

Examples
キャシーは花を摘むのをやめました。
Cathy stopped picking flowers.
2

摘む only

to snip; to cut; to nip; to trim

まみ摘み摘まみ撮み抓みFreq #13893
1

Word usually written using kana alone; Common noun

knob; handle; button

Examples
このつまみを回すことでテレビの色を調節できます。
You can adjust the color on the TV by turning this knob.
2

Word usually written using kana alone; Common noun

snack (to have with a drink); side dish

Examples
ビールの摘まみがほしい。
I would like to have something to munch on with my beer.
3

Word usually written using kana alone; Suffix

a pinch (e.g. of salt)

4

Common noun; Computing

(file) handle

5

Common noun; Noun, used as a suffix

picking; harvesting

いつまむ掻い摘む搔い摘むTransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #22690
1

Usu. as かいつまんで

to sum up; to summarize; to summarise

Examples
かいつまんで話せば、すべてがうまく行った。
To make a long story short, everything went fine.
つまみ食いまみぐい摘み食い摘まみ食い撮み食いNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #24006
1

eating with one's fingers

2

snitching food; snatched food; secret eating; food snatched and eaten without the meal starting

Examples
彼はケーキをつまみ食いするのを見られた。
He was seen to eat a piece of cake secretly.
3

embezzlement; misappropriation; exploiting something

4

flirting

摘まみ上げるつまみ上げるつまみあげるIchidan verbFreq #25483
1

to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers

Examples
彼は親指と人差し指で蝶をつまみあげた
He picked up a butterfly between his thumb and forefinger.
摘発きはつNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #26126
1

exposing; unmasking; laying bare

Examples
捜査員らは暗殺計画を摘発しました。
Investigators uncovered an assassination plot.
摘出きしゅつ剔出NounTransitive~する VerbFreq #28206
1

picking out; taking out; (surgical) removal

Examples
外科医は患者の盲腸を摘出した。
The surgeon took out his patient's appendix.
2

exposure

摘み取る摘みとるつみ取るつまみ取るみと (摘み取る/摘みとる/つみ取る)つまみとる (摘み取る/摘みとる/つまみ取る)TransitiveGodan verbFreq #29524
1

to pluck; to pick; to nip off

Examples
この果物は摘み取られるほどのは成長していない。
This fruit isn't ripe enough to pick yet.

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