屈む

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
屈
かが
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

屈(かが)む • (kagamu) godan (stem 屈(かが)み (kagami), past 屈(かが)んだ (kaganda))

  1. to stoop, to be bent
  2. to crouch, to bend down
    Synonym: しゃがむ (shagamu)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "屈む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 屈ま かがま kagama
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 屈み かがみ kagami
Shūshikei ("terminal") 屈む かがむ kagamu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 屈む かがむ kagamu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 屈め かがめ kagame
Meireikei ("imperative") 屈め かがめ kagame
Key constructions
Passive 屈まれる かがまれる kagamareru
Causative 屈ませる
屈ます 		かがませる
かがます 		kagamaseru
kagamasu
Potential 屈める かがめる kagameru
Volitional 屈もう かがもう kagamō
Negative 屈まない かがまない kagamanai
Negative continuative 屈まず かがまず kagamazu
Formal 屈みます かがみます kagamimasu
Perfective 屈んだ かがんだ kaganda
Conjunctive 屈んで かがんで kagande
Hypothetical conditional 屈めば かがめば kagameba

References

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