摘つむ

godan verb (-mu), transitive verb

pick; pluck

Used for picking or plucking small objects such as flowers, leaves, buds, or fruit by hand, often with a pinching motion.

• 庭にわでバラの花はなを摘つんだ。

  I picked a rose in the garden.

• 茶ちゃ葉ばを一いち枚まいずつ丁てい寧ねいに摘つむ。

  They carefully pick tea leaves one by one.

godan verb (-mu), transitive verb

snip; cut; nip; trim

Only when written 摘む

Used for cutting or trimming small parts of plants, such as stems, leaves, or buds, often with scissors or fingers. Restricted to the kanji 摘む.

• 伸のびすぎた枝えだを摘つんで形かたちを整ととのえた。

  I trimmed the overgrown branches to shape the plant.

• 料りょう理りの前まえにハーブの先さきを摘つむ。

  I nip off the tips of the herbs before cooking.