縮む

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Japanese

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

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「縮む」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		縮む ちぢむ
Imperative (命令形) 縮め ちぢめ
Key constructions
Passive 縮まれる ちぢまれる
Causative 縮ませる ちぢませる
Potential 縮める ちぢめる
Volitional 縮もう ちぢもー
Negative 縮まない ちぢまない
Negative perfective 縮まなかった ちぢまなかった
Formal 縮みます ちぢみます
Perfective 縮んだ ちぢんだ
Conjunctive 縮んで ちぢんで
Hypothetical conditional 縮めば ちぢめば

Verb

縮(ちぢ)む • (chijimu) intransitive godan (stem 縮(ちぢ)み (chijimi), past 縮(ちぢ)んだ (chijinda))

Japanese verb pair
active 縮める
mediopassive 縮む
  1. to shrink (to contract, to become smaller)
    • 2011 February 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)三(さん)百(びゃく)三(さん)十(じゅう)四(よん)訓(くん)　銭(せん)湯(とう)では身(み)も心(こころ)も丸(まる)裸(はだか) [Lesson 334: Our Bodies and Souls Are All Naked in the Public Baths]”, in [銀](ぎん)[魂](たま) [Silver Soul], volume 38 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
      もう限(げん)界(かい)だ‼チ○コも寒(さむ)さで縮(ちぢ)んでただの団(だん)子(ご)三(さん)兄(きょう)弟(だい)みたいになってんぞ‼
      Mō genkai da‼ Chi○ko mo samusa de chijinde tada no dango sankyōdai mitai ni natten zo‼
      I’ve reached my limit!! My d**k’s shrunk because of cold and now it’s like three dango brothers down there‼

Conjugation

Conjugation of "縮む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 縮ま ちぢま chijima
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 縮み ちぢみ chijimi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 縮む ちぢむ chijimu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 縮む ちぢむ chijimu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 縮め ちぢめ chijime
Meireikei ("imperative") 縮め ちぢめ chijime
Key constructions
Passive 縮まれる ちぢまれる chijimareru
Causative 縮ませる
縮ます 		ちぢませる
ちぢます 		chijimaseru
chijimasu
Potential 縮める ちぢめる chijimeru
Volitional 縮もう ちぢもう chijimō
Negative 縮まない ちぢまない chijimanai
Negative continuative 縮まず ちぢまず chijimazu
Formal 縮みます ちぢみます chijimimasu
Perfective 縮んだ ちぢんだ chijinda
Conjunctive 縮んで ちぢんで chijinde
Hypothetical conditional 縮めば ちぢめば chijimeba
Classical conjugation of "縮む" (マ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 縮ま ちぢま tidima
Continuative (連用形) 縮み ちぢみ tidimi
Terminal (終止形) 縮む ちぢむ tidimu
Attributive (連体形) 縮む ちぢむ tidimu
Realis (已然形) 縮め ちぢめ tidime
Imperative (命令形) 縮め ちぢめ tidime
Key constructions
Negative 縮まず ちぢまず tidimazu
Contrasting conjunction 縮めど ちぢめど tidimedo
Causal conjunction 縮めば ちぢめば tidimeba
Conditional conjunction 縮まば ちぢまば tidimaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 縮みき ちぢみき tidimiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 縮みけり ちぢみけり tidimikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 縮みつ ちぢみつ tidimitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 縮みぬ ちぢみぬ tidiminu
Perfect-continuative tense 縮めり
縮みたり		 ちぢめり
ちぢみたり		 tidimeri
tidimitari
Volitional 縮まむ ちぢまむ tidimamu

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