掴まる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
掴
つか
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
摑まる (kyūjitai)

Verb

掴(つか)まる • (tsukamaru) intransitive godan (stem 掴(つか)まり (tsukamari), past 掴(つか)まった (tsukamatta))

Japanese verb pair
active 掴む
mediopassive 掴まる
  1. to hold oneself still by grabbing something
    つり革(かわ)に掴(つか)まる
    tsurikawa ni tsukamaru
    to use the grab handle
    手(て)すりに掴(つか)まる
    tesuri ni tsukamaru
    to hold oneself by grabbing the handrail

Conjugation

Conjugation of "掴まる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 掴まら つかまら tsukamara
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 掴まり つかまり tsukamari
Shūshikei ("terminal") 掴まる つかまる tsukamaru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 掴まる つかまる tsukamaru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 掴まれ つかまれ tsukamare
Meireikei ("imperative") 掴まれ つかまれ tsukamare
Key constructions
Passive 掴まられる つかまられる tsukamarareru
Causative 掴まらせる
掴まらす 		つかまらせる
つかまらす 		tsukamaraseru
tsukamarasu
Potential 掴まれる つかまれる tsukamareru
Volitional 掴まろう つかまろう tsukamarō
Negative 掴まらない つかまらない tsukamaranai
Negative continuative 掴まらず つかまらず tsukamarazu
Formal 掴まります つかまります tsukamarimasu
Perfective 掴まった つかまった tsukamatta
Conjunctive 掴まって つかまって tsukamatte
Hypothetical conditional 掴まれば つかまれば tsukamareba
Classical conjugation of "掴まる" (ラ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 掴まら つかまら tukamara
Continuative (連用形) 掴まり つかまり tukamari
Terminal (終止形) 掴まる つかまる tukamaru
Attributive (連体形) 掴まる つかまる tukamaru
Realis (已然形) 掴まれ つかまれ tukamare
Imperative (命令形) 掴まれ つかまれ tukamare
Key constructions
Negative 掴まらず つかまらず tukamarazu
Contrasting conjunction 掴まれど つかまれど tukamaredo
Causal conjunction 掴まれば つかまれば tukamareba
Conditional conjunction 掴まらば つかまらば tukamaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 掴まりき つかまりき tukamariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 掴まりけり つかまりけり tukamarikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 掴まりつ つかまりつ tukamaritu
Perfect tense (natural event) 掴まりぬ つかまりぬ tukamarinu
Perfect-continuative tense 掴まれり
掴まりたり		 つかまれり
つかまりたり		 tukamareri
tukamaritari
Volitional 掴まらむ つかまらむ tukamaramu
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