N2584/1725

刻きざむ

godan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)transitive verbarchaic

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きざむ

Meanings

to mince, to cut fine, to chop up, to hash, to shred
to carve, to engrave, to chisel, to notch
to tick away (time), to beat out (e.g. rhythm), to record the passing moments
to etch (into one's mind), to remember distinctly
to have tattooed
to torment

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Example sentences

玉たまねぎを細こまかく刻きざんでから炒いためてください。

Please finely chop the onion before frying it.

職人しょくにんは木きに美うつくしい模様もようを刻きざんだ。

The craftsman carved a beautiful pattern into the wood.

時計とけいが静しずかに時ときを刻きざんでいる。

The clock is quietly ticking away the time.

あの日ひの記憶きおくは心こころに深ふかく刻きざまれていて、決けっして忘わすれることができない。

The memory of that day is deeply etched in my heart, and I can never forget it.

石碑せきひに名前なまえを刻きざまない限かぎり、後世こうせいにその功績こうせきは伝つたわらないだろう。

Unless the name is engraved on the stone monument, their achievements will likely not be passed down to future generations.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)