引き締める

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
引 締
ひ
Grade: 2 		し
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Verb

引(ひ)き締(し)める • (hikishimeru) transitive ichidan (stem 引(ひ)き締(し)め (hikishime), past 引(ひ)き締(し)めた (hikishimeta))

  1. tighten
  2. mentally strain
    気(き)を引(ひ)き締(し)める
    ki o hikishimeru
    get focused

Conjugation

Conjugation of "引き締める" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 引き締め ひきしめ hikishime
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 引き締め ひきしめ hikishime
Shūshikei ("terminal") 引き締める ひきしめる hikishimeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 引き締める ひきしめる hikishimeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 引き締めれ ひきしめれ hikishimere
Meireikei ("imperative") 引き締めよ¹
引き締めろ² 		ひきしめよ¹
ひきしめろ² 		hikishimeyo¹
hikishimero²
Key constructions
Passive 引き締められる ひきしめられる hikishimerareru
Causative 引き締めさせる
引き締めさす 		ひきしめさせる
ひきしめさす 		hikishimesaseru
hikishimesasu
Potential 引き締められる
引き締めれる³ 		ひきしめられる
ひきしめれる³ 		hikishimerareru
hikishimereru³
Volitional 引き締めよう ひきしめよう hikishimeyō
Negative 引き締めない
引き締めぬ
引き締めん 		ひきしめない
ひきしめぬ
ひきしめん 		hikishimenai
hikishimenu
hikishimen
Negative continuative 引き締めず ひきしめず hikishimezu
Formal 引き締めます ひきしめます hikishimemasu
Perfective 引き締めた ひきしめた hikishimeta
Conjunctive 引き締めて ひきしめて hikishimete
Hypothetical conditional 引き締めれば ひきしめれば hikishimereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential
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