嚙む
かむ
to be involved in, to bite, to convince, to persuade, to crash against (e.g. of waves), to break onto (shore), to chew, to gnaw, to masticate, to engage (of cogs, zippers, etc.), to mesh, to fit together, to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.), to falter with one's words, to stutter, to stammer