込む

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
混む
籠む

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「込む
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
込む
Imperative (命令形) 込め
Key constructions
Passive 込まれる まれ
Causative 込ませる ませ
Potential - - -
Volitional 込もう
Negative 込まない ない
Negative perfective 込まなかった なかった
Formal 込みます みま
Perfective 込んだ んだ
Conjunctive 込んで んで
Hypothetical conditional 込めば めば

Verb

() (komugodan (stem () (komi), past ()んだ (konda))

Japanese verb pair
active 込める
mediopassive 込む
  1. be crowded
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      ラッシュアワー電車(でんしゃ)とても()んでいる
      rasshuawā de densha wa totemo konde iru
      The train is very crowded during rush hours
  2. be complicated
  3. go into, go in
  4. put into
  5. become some state completely
  6. do thoroughly
  7. remain in the same state, such as remain sitting or remain silent

Usage notes

Commonly used as a light verb (second verb) in Japanese compound verbs, primarily showing emphasis, sometimes negative or violent, often with a sense of “enter” or “fill”, as in ねじ込む (nejikomu, screw in, jam in, stuff in).

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References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN