| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|
| 嘗 | なめ | lick; tasting medicine to see if it contains poison, medicine-taster |
| べろべろ嘗める | べろべろなめる | to lick something up, to lap something up |
| 嘗める | なめる | to lick; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to make fun of, to make light of, to put down, to treat with contempt |
| 嘗て | かつて, かって | once, before, formerly, ever, former, ex-; never (with negative verb) |
| 嘗め | なめ | lick; tasting medicine to see if it contains poison, medicine-taster |
| 臥薪嘗胆 | がしんしょうたん | going through thick and thin to attain one's objective, enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance |
| 総嘗め | そうなめ | annihilation, sweeping victory |
| 神嘗祭 | かんなめさい, かんにえのまつり, しんじょうさい | offering of the year's new rice harvest (imperial festival, October 17) |
| 神嘗の祭 | かんなめさい, かんにえのまつり, しんじょうさい | offering of the year's new rice harvest (imperial festival, October 17) |
| 新嘗祭 | にいなめさい, しんじょうさい | ceremonial offering by the Emperor of newly-harvested rice to the deities |
