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舐める [ichi1] 嘗める [rK] 甞める [rK] 無礼る [sK]
なめる [ichi1] ナメる [sk]
1. [v1,vt]
▶ to lick
▶ to lap
▶ to suck
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2267420 ひと舐め【ひとなめ】 1. a lick; one lick
2. [v1,vt]
▶ to taste
3. [v1,vt]
▶ to experience (esp. a hardship)
4. [v1,vt] [uk]
《also written as ナメる and 無礼る》
▶ to underestimate
▶ to make light of
▶ to look down on (someone)
▶ to make a fool of
▶ to treat with contempt
▶ to disparage
5. [v1,vt]
▶ to lick (at; of flames)
▶ to burn

Conjugations


History:
19. A 2024-01-25 20:21:53  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
18. A* 2024-01-25 11:18:10  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Aligning with the deleted ナメる entry.
I don't think we need to give the etymology for sense 4, especially if it's not certain.
  Diff:
@@ -14,0 +15,4 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>無礼る</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -44 +47,0 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="2848112">無礼・なめ</xref>
@@ -46 +49,3 @@
-<s_inf>poss. from 無礼(なめ); also written 無礼る and ナメる</s_inf>
+<s_inf>also written as ナメる and 無礼る</s_inf>
+<gloss>to underestimate</gloss>
+<gloss>to make light of</gloss>
@@ -48,2 +53 @@
-<gloss>to make fun of</gloss>
-<gloss>to put down</gloss>
+<gloss>to make a fool of</gloss>
@@ -51 +55 @@
-<gloss>to underestimate</gloss>
+<gloss>to disparage</gloss>
17. A 2024-01-25 01:42:29  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Cancelling the ナメる split. See deleted 2847552.
  Diff:
@@ -18,0 +19,4 @@
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>ナメる</reb>
+<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
@@ -42 +46 @@
-<s_inf>poss. from 無礼(なめ); also written 無礼る</s_inf>
+<s_inf>poss. from 無礼(なめ); also written 無礼る and ナメる</s_inf>
16. A 2022-05-08 05:33:14  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
15. A* 2022-05-08 04:50:31  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Google N-gram Corpus Counts
205,053	 97.1%	舐める
  5,883	  2.8%	嘗める
    162	  0.1%	甞める
212,513	  n/a	なめる
  Comments:
oddly enough, I just encountered this as 嘗める
  Diff:
@@ -9,0 +10 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
@@ -12,0 +14 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
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