噛かみ付つく

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噛み付く · godan verb (-ku)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	噛かみ付つく	噛かみ付つかない
Polite	噛かみ付つきます	噛かみ付つきません
Past polite	噛かみ付つきました	噛かみ付つきませんでした
Past	噛かみ付ついた	噛かみ付つかなかった
Te-form	噛かみ付ついて	噛かみ付つかないで
Desire	噛かみ付つきたい	噛かみ付つきたくない
Potential	噛かみ付つける	噛かみ付つけない
Passive	噛かみ付つかれる	噛かみ付つかれない
Causative	噛かみ付つかせる	噛かみ付つかせない
Causative passive	噛かみ付つかせられるalso 噛かみ付つかされる	噛かみ付つかせられないalso 噛かみ付つかされない
Volitional	噛かみ付つこう
Polite volitional	噛かみ付つきましょう
Imperative	噛かみ付つけ	噛かみ付つくな
Conditional	噛かみ付つけば	噛かみ付つかなければ
Tara conditional	噛かみ付ついたら	噛かみ付つかなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

bite; snap at

Used for animals or people biting something or someone. Often implies a sudden, sharp bite.

犬いぬが急きゅうに噛かみ付ついてきた。
The dog suddenly bit me.
猫ねこが手てに噛かみ付ついた。
The cat bit my hand.

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

snap at; flare up at; jump down someone's throat

Figurative use: to verbally attack or respond sharply to someone, often in anger.

彼かれは上じょう司しに噛かみ付つくように文もん句くを言いった。
He snapped at his boss with complaints.
ちょっと注ちゅう意いしただけで、彼かの女じょは噛かみ付ついてきた。
When I just gave her a little warning, she flared up at me.

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Usage patterns

〈動どう物ぶつ〉が〈人ひと〉に噛かみ付つくfor an animal to bite/snap at a person
犬いぬが郵便配達員ゆうびんはいたついに噛かみ付ついた。
The dog bit the mail carrier.
〈人ひと〉に噛かみ付つくto snap angrily at someone
彼かれは上じょう司しに噛かみ付ついた。
He snapped angrily at his boss.
〈事こと〉に噛かみ付つくto react sharply or defensively to a remark/question
彼かの女じょは記き者しゃの質しつ問もんに噛かみ付ついた。
She snapped back at the reporter's question.

Kanji

噛chew, bite, gnaw
付adhere, attach, refer to

Related words

噛かむN4sense 1
噛む is the general verb for biting or chewing, while 噛み付く specifically describes a sudden, sharp snap or bite, often aggressive.
突つっかかる sense 2
突っかかる means to argue or snap at someone confrontationally, close to the figurative sense of 噛み付く but without the biting imagery.
食くいつく sense 1
食いつく usually describes eagerly biting into food (or figuratively jumping at an opportunity), whereas 噛み付く emphasizes a sharp, often hostile bite.

Don't confuse with

噛かみ切きるN1sense 1
噛み切る means to bite something off or through completely, while 噛み付く means to sink one's teeth into something without necessarily severing it.

Word family

カミツキガメ
snapping turtle

Built from

噛かむ+付つく

Written forms

噛かみ付つくUsage25%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
かみつくUsage46%
噛かみつくUsage29%
Common variant with okurigana for つく.
噛かみ付つく
Less common kanji variant.
かみ付つく
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; rarely used.

Etymology

Compound of 噛み (kami, continuative form of 噛む 'to bite') + 付く (tsuku, 'to attach, stick'). Literally 'to bite and attach', giving the sense of biting into something firmly or snapping at someone.