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噛み熟す (かみこなす) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

噛かみ熟こなす

か

み

こ

な

す

Meanings

1

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

chew thoroughly; digest by chewing; masticate well

Emphasizes chewing food until it is broken down and ready to swallow; also used figuratively for fully understanding or processing information.

食たべ物ものはよく噛かみ熟こなしてから飲のみ込こんでください。
Please chew your food thoroughly before swallowing.
難むずかしい理り論ろんを噛かみ

熟こな

し

て

自じ

分ぶん

の

もの

に

する

。

I digest the difficult theory and make it my own.

Written forms

噛かみ熟こなす
Standard kanji spelling using 噛み (chew) and 熟す (digest/master).
噛かみこなす
Mixed kana spelling; common when the second kanji is considered difficult or for readability.
噛熟かみこなす
Abbreviated kanji spelling; less common and may be harder to read.
かみ殺こなす
Ateji spelling using 殺す (kill); rare and potentially confusing.

Kanji

噛chew, bite, gnaw
熟mellow, ripen, mature
殺kill, murder, butcher

Similar words

噛かむ
噛む simply means 'to bite' or 'to chew', while 噛み熟す focuses on the thoroughness of chewing until digestion or full understanding.
消しょう化かする
消化する is the general term for 'digest' (both food and information), whereas 噛み熟す specifically implies digestion through thorough chewing or mental processing.

Etymology

Compound of 噛み (kami, 'chewing', continuative form of 噛む) and 熟す (konasu, 'to digest, to master'). The combination emphasizes thorough mastication leading to digestion or mastery.