刻む

Meaning

1. v5mvt
   to mince; to cut fine; to chop up; to hash; to shred
2. v5mvt
   to carve; to engrave; to chisel; to notch
3. v5mvt
   to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to record the passing moments
4. v5mvt
   to etch (into one's mind); to remember distinctly
5. v5mvt archaic
   to have tattooed
6. v5mvt archaic
   to torment

Example sentences

• 恋人たちは自分たちの頭文字をかしの木に刻んだ。

  The lovers engraved the oak tree with their initials.

• 彼は大理石を刻んで像を作った。

  He carved marble into a statue.

• 第二に、私たちが行かなければ、他の誰かが石に刻まれた文字を読んで幸福を見つける。そして私たちはすべてを失うだろう。

  In the second place, if we do not go, someone else will read the inscription on the stone and find happiness, and we shall have lost it all.