緩む

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
緩
ゆる
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
弛む

From 緩(ゆる)い (yurui, “loose”) + む (mu, “-ize; -en”, verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「緩む」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		緩む ゆるむ
Imperative (命令形) 緩め ゆるめ
Key constructions
Passive 緩まれる ゆるまれる
Causative 緩ませる ゆるませる
Potential - - -
Volitional 緩もう ゆるもー
Negative 緩まない ゆるまない
Negative perfective 緩まなかった ゆるまなかった
Formal 緩みます ゆるみます
Perfective 緩んだ ゆるんだ
Conjunctive 緩んで ゆるんで
Hypothetical conditional 緩めば ゆるめば

Verb

緩(ゆる)む • (yurumu) intransitive godan (stem 緩(ゆる)み (yurumi), past 緩(ゆる)んだ (yurunda))

Japanese verb pair
active 緩める
mediopassive 緩む
  1. slacken, become loose
  2. become lax
  3. soften
  4. slow
  5. thin
  6. relax, let one's guard down
    ちょっと、気(き)が緩(ゆる)んでいたと思(おも)う。
    Chotto, ki ga yurunde ita to omou.
    I think I let my guard down a little bit.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "緩む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 緩ま ゆるま yuruma
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 緩み ゆるみ yurumi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 緩む ゆるむ yurumu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 緩む ゆるむ yurumu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 緩め ゆるめ yurume
Meireikei ("imperative") 緩め ゆるめ yurume
Key constructions
Passive 緩まれる ゆるまれる yurumareru
Causative 緩ませる
緩ます 		ゆるませる
ゆるます 		yurumaseru
yurumasu
Potential 緩める ゆるめる yurumeru
Volitional 緩もう ゆるもう yurumō
Negative 緩まない ゆるまない yurumanai
Negative continuative 緩まず ゆるまず yurumazu
Formal 緩みます ゆるみます yurumimasu
Perfective 緩んだ ゆるんだ yurunda
Conjunctive 緩んで ゆるんで yurunde
Hypothetical conditional 緩めば ゆるめば yurumeba
Classical conjugation of "緩む" (マ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 緩ま ゆるま yuruma
Continuative (連用形) 緩み ゆるみ yurumi
Terminal (終止形) 緩む ゆるむ yurumu
Attributive (連体形) 緩む ゆるむ yurumu
Realis (已然形) 緩め ゆるめ yurume
Imperative (命令形) 緩め ゆるめ yurume
Key constructions
Negative 緩まず ゆるまず yurumazu
Contrasting conjunction 緩めど ゆるめど yurumedo
Causal conjunction 緩めば ゆるめば yurumeba
Conditional conjunction 緩まば ゆるまば yurumaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 緩みき ゆるみき yurumiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 緩みけり ゆるみけり yurumikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 緩みつ ゆるみつ yurumitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 緩みぬ ゆるみぬ yuruminu
Perfect-continuative tense 緩めり
緩みたり		 ゆるめり
ゆるみたり		 yurumeri
yurumitari
Volitional 緩まむ ゆるまむ yurumamu
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