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窄める
窄める
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 窄 |
|
すぼ Jinmeiyō |
| kun'yomi |
Pronunciation
- Kun'yomi
- (Tokyo) つぼめる [tsùbómérú] (Heiban - [0])[1]
- (Tokyo) つぼめる [tsùbóméꜜrù] (Nakadaka - [3])[1]
- IPA(key): [t͡sɯᵝbo̞me̞ɾ̠ɯᵝ]
Verb
窄める (transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana すぼめる, romaji subomeru)
Usage notes
/subomeru/ and /tsubomeru/ are mostly identical, differing in connotation: /subomeru/ implies bringing together or scrunching up something that was broad and spreading, as in cloth or one's mouth; whereas /tsubomeru/ implies closing down or narrowing something that was open wide, as an umbrella. This distinction is minor, however.
Conjugation
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 窄め | すぼめ | subome | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 窄め | すぼめ | subome | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 窄める | すぼめる | subomeru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 窄める | すぼめる | subomeru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 窄めれ | すぼめれ | subomere | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 窄めよ¹ 窄めろ² |
すぼめよ¹ すぼめろ² |
subomeyo¹ subomero² |
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| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 窄められる | すぼめられる | subomerareru | |
| Causative | 窄めさせる 窄めさす |
すぼめさせる すぼめさす |
subomesaseru subomesasu |
|
| Potential | 窄められる 窄めれる³ |
すぼめられる すぼめれる³ |
subomerareru subomereru³ |
|
| Volitional | 窄めよう | すぼめよう | subomeyō | |
| Negative | 窄めない 窄めぬ 窄めん |
すぼめない すぼめぬ すぼめん |
subomenai subomenu subomen |
|
| Negative continuative | 窄めず | すぼめず | subomezu | |
| Formal | 窄めます | すぼめます | subomemasu | |
| Perfective | 窄めた | すぼめた | subometa | |
| Conjunctive | 窄めて | すぼめて | subomete | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 窄めれば | すぼめれば | subomereba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential | ||||
See also
- 窄まる (subomaru): to become tapered, pulled together, scrunched up
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 窄 |
|
つぼ Jinmeiyō |
| kun'yomi |
The transitive form of 窄む (tsubomu, “to be narrowed, scrunched up”), probably as a shift from /subomu/ influenced by 蕾む / 莟む (tsubomu, “to form a bud”), ultimately from root /t͡subo/ (a container, a vessel) + verb suffix む (mu, “to be like, to become like”): see 壺 (tsubo, “a vessel, a basin, a container”).
Pronunciation
Verb
窄める (transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana つぼめる, romaji tsubomeru)
- to narrow something, to scrunch something up:
Usage notes
/subomeru/ and /tsubomeru/ are mostly identical, differing in connotation: /subomeru/ implies bringing together or scrunching up something that was broad and spreading, as in cloth or one's mouth; whereas /tsubomeru/ implies closing down or narrowing something that was open wide, as an umbrella. This distinction is minor, however.
Conjugation
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 窄め | つぼめ | tsubome | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 窄め | つぼめ | tsubome | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 窄める | つぼめる | tsubomeru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 窄める | つぼめる | tsubomeru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 窄めれ | つぼめれ | tsubomere | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 窄めよ¹ 窄めろ² |
つぼめよ¹ つぼめろ² |
tsubomeyo¹ tsubomero² |
|
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 窄められる | つぼめられる | tsubomerareru | |
| Causative | 窄めさせる 窄めさす |
つぼめさせる つぼめさす |
tsubomesaseru tsubomesasu |
|
| Potential | 窄められる 窄めれる³ |
つぼめられる つぼめれる³ |
tsubomerareru tsubomereru³ |
|
| Volitional | 窄めよう | つぼめよう | tsubomeyō | |
| Negative | 窄めない 窄めぬ 窄めん |
つぼめない つぼめぬ つぼめん |
tsubomenai tsubomenu tsubomen |
|
| Negative continuative | 窄めず | つぼめず | tsubomezu | |
| Formal | 窄めます | つぼめます | tsubomemasu | |
| Perfective | 窄めた | つぼめた | tsubometa | |
| Conjunctive | 窄めて | つぼめて | tsubomete | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 窄めれば | つぼめれば | tsubomereba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential | ||||
See also
- 窄まる (tsubomaru): to become narrowed, pulled together, scrunched up