舐なめる
Meanings
Verb (1-dan, transitive)
1. to lick; to lap; to suck
The dog licked my hand.
2. to taste
Taste that water.
3. to experience (esp. a hardship)
4. to underestimate; to make light of; to look down on (someone); to make a fool of; to treat with contempt; to disparage
also written as ナメる and 無礼る
You'd better not underestimate me.
5. to lick (at; of flames); to burn
Kanji used
lick
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
to undergo many hardships; to taste the bitters of life
to have a bitter experience
to have a bitter experience
Examples (9 in total)
Taste that water.
He's completely looking down on me.
You'd better not underestimate me.
The dog licked my hand.
I lick my dry lips once.
The cat is lapping up the milk from the dish.
The puppy licked her on the cheek.
His expression was serious, and there was no trace of the contemptuous attitude he had shown before.
Kissing a person who smokes is like licking an ashtray.