囲む
かこむ · kakomu
To surround, to encircle, to enclose, to fence, to wall in
- to besiege, to lay siege to
- to play (go, shogi, etc.)
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Example sentences
私は母と一緒に食卓を囲むのが何よりの楽しみだ。
わたしはははといっしょにしょくたくをかこむのがなによりのたのしみだ。
Sharing the table with my mother is my greatest pleasure.
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 囲みますかこみます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 囲みませんかこみません |
| Polite past (ました) | 囲みましたかこみました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 囲みませんでしたかこみませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 囲みましょうかこみましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 囲みかこみ |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 囲みたいかこみたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 囲みながらかこみながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 囲んでかこんで |
| Plain past (た形) | 囲んだかこんだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 囲んだらかこんだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 囲んでいるかこんでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 囲まないかこまない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 囲まなかったかこまなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 囲まなくてかこまなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 囲めるかこめる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 囲めばかこめば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 囲めかこめ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 囲もうかこもう |
| Passive (受身形) | 囲まれるかこまれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 囲ませるかこませる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 囲まされるかこまされる |
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What does 囲む mean?
To surround, to encircle, to enclose, to fence, to wall in. It can also mean: to besiege, to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.).
How do you pronounce 囲む?
かこむ (kakomu). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 囲む?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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