汲む
くむ · kumu
To draw (water), to ladle, to dip up, to scoop up, to pump
- to pour (into a cup), to drink (together)
- to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.), to sympathize with, to intuit, to understand
- to draw upon, to inherit
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 汲みますくみます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 汲みませんくみません |
| Polite past (ました) | 汲みましたくみました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 汲みませんでしたくみませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 汲みましょうくみましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 汲みくみ |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 汲みたいくみたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 汲みながらくみながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 汲んでくんで |
| Plain past (た形) | 汲んだくんだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 汲んだらくんだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 汲んでいるくんでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 汲まないくまない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 汲まなかったくまなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 汲まなくてくまなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 汲めるくめる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 汲めばくめば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 汲めくめ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 汲もうくもう |
| Passive (受身形) | 汲まれるくまれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 汲ませるくませる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 汲まされるくまされる |
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What does 汲む mean?
To draw (water), to ladle, to dip up, to scoop up, to pump. It can also mean: to pour (into a cup), to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.), to sympathize with, to intuit, to understand; to draw upon, to inherit.
How do you pronounce 汲む?
くむ (kumu). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 汲む?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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