表層形
囲ま
カコマ
動詞
囲ま (カコマ)
Kakoma · かこま — to surround, to encircle, to enclose, to fence, to wall in; to besiege, to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
Other ways to say “to surround” in Japanese →
囲ま in rōmaji: kakoma.
動詞
一般
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📝 囲む 🔤 五段-マ行 📐 未然形-一般
Updated: 2026年8月13日
📖 Grammar Information
| 表層形 (Surface) |
囲ま
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|---|---|
| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
囲む
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| 読み (Reading) |
カコマ
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| 品詞 (POS) |
動詞・一般・*・*
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| 活用型 (Conj. Type) |
五段-マ行
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| 活用形 (Conj. Form) |
未然形-一般
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
囲ま
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| 読み・基本形 |
カコム
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| 表記・基本形 |
囲む
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| 見出し語の読み |
カコム
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💡 English Meaning
囲ま means “to surround, to encircle, to enclose, to fence, to wall in; to besiege, to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)” — full definition & examples →
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カコマ
Lemma: 囲む
動詞一般**
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⚡ 五段 (Godan/U-verb) Conjugations
| ます形 (Polite) |
囲みます
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| て形 (Te-form) |
囲んで
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| 過去形 (Past) |
囲んだ
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| 否定形 (Negative) |
囲まない
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| 意向形 (Volitional) |
囲みましょう
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| 可能形 (Potential) |
囲める
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| 受身形 (Passive) |
囲まれる
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| 使役形 (Causative) |
囲ませる
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The surface form (囲ま) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (囲む) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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