🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

噛まれた

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kamareta

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Bitten/ˈbɪt.ən/
adjectiveverbCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #2100 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼は蚊に噛まれた。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Wounded, pierced, or marked by the teeth or jaws of an animal, insect, or person.

    "He applied an antiseptic cream to the mosquito-bitten skin on his arm."
As verb
  1. 1

    Past participle of bite; to have clamped teeth into something.

    "The apple had been bitten into and left on the counter."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English 'bitan' (to bite), of Germanic origin, and evolving through Middle English into the past participle 'bitten'. Historically used to describe physical piercing by teeth, the term has expanded metaphorically to denote being affected, influenced, or stung by various experiences or creatures.

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