摘む

• 読み: つむ
• ローマ字: tsumu
• 漢字の分解: 摘 (teki/tsu) — pluck, pick, summarize
• 発音: /tsɯ.mɯ/

意味

To pluck; to pick; to trim. Removing something by pinching with the fingers.

A Group 1 (godan) transitive verb. Used for delicate picking actions: 花を摘む (to pick flowers), 茶を摘む (to pick tea leaves), 芽を摘む (to nip buds — also used figuratively for crushing potential). Not to be confused with 積む (tsumu, to stack or accumulate) or つまむ (to pinch or pick up with fingers).

例文

1. 庭のバラを摘んで部屋に飾った。
2. 春になると山で山菜を摘むのが楽しみだ。
3. 余分な芽を摘んでトマトの成長を促した。

使い方ガイド

場面: gardening, nature, agriculture

トーン: gentle

起源と歴史

From the kanji 摘 (teki, to pluck or pick). The native reading tsumu originally described the action of picking plants. The hand radical 扌 reflects the manual action of pinching and pulling.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal