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刻む きざむ N2

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

切り刻む きりきざむ

  1. to chop up; to hew; to mangle; to mince

彫り刻む ほりきざむ

  1. to carve; to engrave

銘を刻む めいをきざむ

  1. to engrave an inscription

時を刻む ときをきざむ

  1. to let (feel) time pass; to mark the passage of time

歴史を刻む れきしをきざむ

  1. to carve out a history; to have a history; to make history

心に刻む こころにきざむ

  1. to etch into one's mind; to remember well

リズムを刻む リズムをきざむ

  1. to beat out a rhythm

剣を落として舟を刻む けんをおとしてふねをきざむ

  1. to be unaware that things are changing; to drop one's sword (in the river) and carve (a mark) on the boat (to mark the spot where the sword was dropped); to not be getting with the times

骨に刻む ほねにきざむ

  1. to engrave in one's heart; to inscribe on one's bones
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