摘つむ
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, む, transitive)
1. to pick; to pluck
That child does not pick flowers.
2. to snip; to cut; to nip; to trim
I snipped off the tips of the overgrown branches to tidy up the shape.
Kanji used
pluck
Pitch accent
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む
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Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
to nip (something) in the bud
Examples (16 in total)
That child does not pick flowers.
Let's pick flowers from the garden.
The kids are picking flowers in the garden.
I picked wild strawberries in the mountains.
Cathy stopped picking flowers.
This is the season to pick fresh tea.
He picked flowers for her.
She loves picking flowers.
When spring comes, people go out to pick wild plants.
If you pinch off the tips of basil, it grows bushier.
Two little girls are picking daisies.
That, too, is something she picked.
I snipped off the tips of the overgrown branches to tidy up the shape.
She picked a flower from the pot and gave it to me.
Mary picked some strawberries in the forest to make strawberry jam.
But you should nip those seeds of worry in the bud as a matter of habit.