潤む
うるむ · urumu
To be wet (with tears), to be moist
- to get dim, to become blurred, to get cloudy, to get muddy, to be bleared
- to become tear-choked
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 潤みますうるみます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 潤みませんうるみません |
| Polite past (ました) | 潤みましたうるみました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 潤みませんでしたうるみませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 潤みましょううるみましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 潤みうるみ |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 潤みたいうるみたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 潤みながらうるみながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 潤んでうるんで |
| Plain past (た形) | 潤んだうるんだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 潤んだらうるんだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 潤んでいるうるんでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 潤まないうるまない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 潤まなかったうるまなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 潤まなくてうるまなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 潤めるうるめる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 潤めばうるめば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 潤めうるめ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 潤もううるもう |
| Passive (受身形) | 潤まれるうるまれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 潤ませるうるませる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 潤まされるうるまされる |
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What does 潤む mean?
To be wet (with tears), to be moist. It can also mean: to get dim, to become blurred, to get cloudy, to get muddy, to be bleared; to become tear-choked.
How do you pronounce 潤む?
うるむ (urumu). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
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