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