舐める (Nameru) is a Japanese ichidan verb meaning “to lick, to lap, to suck, to taste”.
Meanings
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto lick; to lap; to suck
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto taste
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto experience (esp. a hardship)
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto underestimate; to make light of; to look down on (someone); to make a fool of; to treat with contempt; to disparagealso written as ナメる and 無礼る
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto lick (at; of flames); to burn
Examples
俺をなめるな。
Don't make light of me.
なめた真似するな！
Do you think I was born yesterday?
猫は足の先をなめていた。
The cat was licking its paws.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).