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詰つめ

つめ · tsume

verb 仮定形

is the conditional stem of 詰む — to become fine (of fabric).

  • to be checkmated
  • to be hard pressed, to be at a loss, to reach the limits
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How it’s built

詰む 詰め

Conditional stem (). Add ば to say “if”: 書け → 書けば (if you write).

詰む is a godan verb (u-verb), so it follows that pattern.

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Three more forms of . Can you tell what each one is?

Every form of

Polite 詰みますつみます
Polite negative 詰みませんつみません
Polite past 詰みましたつみました
Polite past negative 詰みませんでしたつみませんでした
Let us ~ 詰みましょうつみましょう
Masu-stem 詰みつみ
Want to ~ 詰みたいつみたい
While ~ing 詰みながらつみながら
Te-form 詰んでつんで
Plain past 詰んだつんだ
Tara-conditional 詰んだらつんだら
Progressive 詰んでいるつんでいる
Plain negative 詰まないつまない
Plain past negative 詰まなかったつまなかった
Negative te-form 詰まなくてつまなくて
Potential 詰めるつめる
Ba-conditional 詰めばつめば
Imperative ← this one詰めつめ
Volitional 詰もうつもう
Passive 詰まれるつまれる
Causative 詰ませるつませる
Causative-passive 詰まされるつまされる

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In real sentences

I worked from morning till night without a break, so I'm tired.

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I had no time to prepare for the exam, so I crammed all night.

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With only one week until the wedding, preparations are in the final stretch.

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Other forms and spellings

詰みゃ詰まう詰も詰もう詰もっ詰もふ詰ま詰む詰み詰ん
conditional stem of 詰む