縮こまる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
縮
ちぢ
Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

縮(ちぢ)こまる • (chijikomaru) intransitive godan (stem 縮(ちぢ)こまり (chijikomari), past 縮(ちぢ)こまった (chijikomatta))

  1. to shrink

Conjugation

Conjugation of "縮こまる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 縮こまら ちぢこまら chijikomara
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 縮こまり ちぢこまり chijikomari
Shūshikei ("terminal") 縮こまる ちぢこまる chijikomaru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 縮こまる ちぢこまる chijikomaru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 縮こまれ ちぢこまれ chijikomare
Meireikei ("imperative") 縮こまれ ちぢこまれ chijikomare
Key constructions
Passive 縮こまられる ちぢこまられる chijikomarareru
Causative 縮こまらせる
縮こまらす 		ちぢこまらせる
ちぢこまらす 		chijikomaraseru
chijikomarasu
Potential 縮こまれる ちぢこまれる chijikomareru
Volitional 縮こまろう ちぢこまろう chijikomarō
Negative 縮こまらない ちぢこまらない chijikomaranai
Negative continuative 縮こまらず ちぢこまらず chijikomarazu
Formal 縮こまります ちぢこまります chijikomarimasu
Perfective 縮こまった ちぢこまった chijikomatta
Conjunctive 縮こまって ちぢこまって chijikomatte
Hypothetical conditional 縮こまれば ちぢこまれば chijikomareba

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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