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編あむ

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

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あむ

Meanings

to knit, to plait, to braid
to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.), to edit

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Example sentences

母ははは毎晩まいばんセーターを編あんでいる。

My mother knits sweaters every evening.

彼女かのじょは髪かみを三みつ編あみに編あんだ。

She braided her hair into a three-strand braid.

この辞書じしょは多おおくの専門家せんもんかによって編あまれた。

This dictionary was compiled by many specialists.

彼かれは地域ちいきの詩人しじんたちの作品さくひんを集あつめてアンソロジーを編あもうとしている。

He is trying to compile an anthology by gathering works from local poets.

複数ふくすうの著者ちょしゃの論文ろんぶんを一冊いっさつにまとめて論集ろんしゅうを編あむことは、編集者へんしゅうしゃにとって容易よういな作業さぎょうではない。

Compiling a collection of essays by multiple authors into a single volume is no easy task for an editor.

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.)