しゃがむ

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Japanese

Alternative spelling
躑む

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「しゃがむ
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
しゃがむ しゃがむ
Imperative (命令形) しゃがめ しゃがめ
Key constructions
Passive しゃがまれる しゃがまれる
Causative しゃがませる しゃがませる
Potential しゃがめる しゃがめる
Volitional しゃがもう しゃがも
Negative しゃがまない しゃがまない
Negative perfective しゃがまなかった しゃがまなかった
Formal しゃがみます しゃがみま
Perfective しゃがんだ しゃがんだ
Conjunctive しゃがんで しゃがんで
Hypothetical conditional しゃがめば しゃがめ

Verb

しゃがむ (shagamuintransitive godan (stem しゃがみ (shagami), past しゃがんだ (shaganda))

  1. to crouch (down), to squat (down)
    Synonym: 屈む (kagamu)

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN