熟む
うむ · umu
To ripen
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 熟みますうみます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 熟みませんうみません |
| Polite past (ました) | 熟みましたうみました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 熟みませんでしたうみませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 熟みましょううみましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 熟みうみ |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 熟みたいうみたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 熟みながらうみながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 熟んでうんで |
| Plain past (た形) | 熟んだうんだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 熟んだらうんだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 熟んでいるうんでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 熟まないうまない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 熟まなかったうまなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 熟まなくてうまなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 熟めるうめる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 熟めばうめば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 熟めうめ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 熟もううもう |
| Passive (受身形) | 熟まれるうまれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 熟ませるうませる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 熟まされるうまされる |
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What does 熟む mean?
To ripen.
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うむ (umu). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
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