詰む
つむ · tsumu
To become fine (of fabric)
- to be checkmated
- to be hard pressed, to be at a loss, to reach the limits
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 詰みますつみます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 詰みませんつみません |
| Polite past (ました) | 詰みましたつみました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 詰みませんでしたつみませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 詰みましょうつみましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 詰みつみ |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 詰みたいつみたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 詰みながらつみながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 詰んでつんで |
| Plain past (た形) | 詰んだつんだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 詰んだらつんだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 詰んでいるつんでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 詰まないつまない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 詰まなかったつまなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 詰まなくてつまなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 詰めるつめる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 詰めばつめば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 詰めつめ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 詰もうつもう |
| Passive (受身形) | 詰まれるつまれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 詰ませるつませる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 詰まされるつまされる |
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What does 詰む mean?
To become fine (of fabric). It can also mean: to be checkmated; to be hard pressed, to be at a loss, to reach the limits.
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つむ (tsumu). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
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