巧む
たくむ · takumu
To devise, to plot, to plan
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 巧みますたくみます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 巧みませんたくみません |
| Polite past (ました) | 巧みましたたくみました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 巧みませんでしたたくみませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 巧みましょうたくみましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 巧みたくみ |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 巧みたいたくみたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 巧みながらたくみながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 巧んでたくんで |
| Plain past (た形) | 巧んだたくんだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 巧んだらたくんだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 巧んでいるたくんでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 巧まないたくまない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 巧まなかったたくまなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 巧まなくてたくまなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 巧めるたくめる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 巧めばたくめば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 巧めたくめ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 巧もうたくもう |
| Passive (受身形) | 巧まれるたくまれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 巧ませるたくませる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 巧まされるたくまされる |
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What does 巧む mean?
To devise, to plot, to plan.
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たくむ (takumu). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
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