萎む
しぼむ · shibomu
To wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.), to wilt, to droop, to shrivel, to fade (away), to sag, to deflate
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 萎みますしぼみます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 萎みませんしぼみません |
| Polite past (ました) | 萎みましたしぼみました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 萎みませんでしたしぼみませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 萎みましょうしぼみましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 萎みしぼみ |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 萎みたいしぼみたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 萎みながらしぼみながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 萎んでしぼんで |
| Plain past (た形) | 萎んだしぼんだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 萎んだらしぼんだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 萎んでいるしぼんでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 萎まないしぼまない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 萎まなかったしぼまなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 萎まなくてしぼまなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 萎めるしぼめる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 萎めばしぼめば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 萎めしぼめ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 萎もうしぼもう |
| Passive (受身形) | 萎まれるしぼまれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 萎ませるしぼませる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 萎まされるしぼまされる |
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What does 萎む mean?
To wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.), to wilt, to droop, to shrivel, to fade (away), to sag, to deflate.
How do you pronounce 萎む?
しぼむ (shibomu). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
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