挟まる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
はさ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
挾まる (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「挟まる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
挟まる さま
Imperative (命令形) 挟まれ さま
Key constructions
Passive 挟まられる さまられ
Causative 挟まらせる さまらせ
Potential - - -
Volitional 挟まろう さまろ
Negative 挟まらない さまらない
Negative perfective 挟まらなかった さまらなかった
Formal 挟まります さまりま
Perfective 挟まった さまった
Conjunctive 挟まって さまって
Hypothetical conditional 挟まれば さまれば

Verb

(はさ)まる (hasamaruintransitive godan (stem (はさ)まり (hasamari), past (はさ)まった (hasamatta))

Japanese verb pair
active 挟む
mediopassive 挟まる
  1. to be caught between something; to be pinched
    ドアに()(はさ)まる
    doa ni te ga hasamaru
    I caught my hand in the door.
  2. to be between conflicting groups of people
    労使(ろうし)()(はさ)まって苦慮(くりょ)する
    rōshi no ma ni hasamatte kuryo suru
    He is having a hard time mediating between the workers and the employer.

Conjugation