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Kotomora

舐

lick, lap up, burn up, taste, undergo, underrate, despise

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Readings

On'yomi

  • シ

Kun'yomi

  • ねぶ.る
  • な.める

Meaning

舐 centers on using the tongue to touch or consume: licking, lapping up, or tasting. The extended senses of undergoing something unpleasant, underrating, or despising likely come from the image of being forced to lick the dust or being treated as lowly.

Most common words using 舐

  • 舐めるなめる
    N2

    to lick; to lap; to suck

  • ひと舐めひとなめ

    a lick; one lick

  • アナル舐めアナルなめ

    anilingus; analingus; rimming; rimjob

  • ベロベロ舐めるベロベロなめる

    to lick something up; to lap something up

  • 傷の舐め合いきずのなめあい

    supporting each other after suffering similar hardships; licking each other's wounds

  • 吮癰舐痔せんようしじ

    currying favour (favor); brown-nosing; bootlicking; sucking pus from carbuncles and licking hemorrhoids (haemorrhoids)

  • 眼球舐めがんきゅうなめ

    oculolinctus; worming; eyeball-licking fetishism

  • 舐めずるなめずる

    to lick one's lips

  • 舐めプなめプ

    going insultingly easy on an opponent; not trying one's best

  • 舐めプレイなめプレイ

    going insultingly easy on an opponent; not trying one's best

  • 舐め取るなめとる

    to lick off; to take (something) off by licking

  • 舐め回すなめまわす

    to lick all over; to run one's tongue over

  • 舐め尽くすなめつくす

    to lick (all) up; to lick all over; to lick clean

  • 舐め腐るなめくさる

    to look down on; to treat with contempt; to mock; to make light of

  • 舐め舐めなめなめ

    licking

  • 舐り箸ねぶりばし

    licking one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

  • 舐るねぶる

    to lick

  • 雪舐ゆきねぶり

    snow remaining in the form of a mist after it has melted

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Etymology

舐 combines 舌 (tongue) with 氏, which likely contributes the sound. The character directly represents the action of the tongue.

Meaning mnemonic

A tongue (舌) reaching out to taste something held by a clan (氏) member: you lick it to see if it's good.

Reading mnemonic

For シ, imagine a tongue licking a sheet of paper: sheet -> シ, and the tongue tastes the paper.