舐める【なめる】
Frequency rank: 2,281. – 2,283.
- to lick; to lap; to suck
- to taste
- to experience (esp. a hardship)
- to underestimate; to make light of; to look down on (someone); to make a fool of; to treat with contempt; to disparageusually kanaalso written as ナメる and 無礼る
- to lick (at; of flames); to burn
ichidan verb; transitive
The flames are licking at the wood.