しめつける

Japanese

Alternative spelling
締め付ける

Etymology

From () (shime, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb ()める (shimeru).) + ()ける (tsukeru).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) めつけ [shìmétsúkéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • (Tokyo) めつける [shìmétsúkérú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕime̞t͡sɨke̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

しめつける • (shimetsukeruしめつける (simetukeru)?ichidan (stem しめつけ (shimetsuke), past しめつけた (shimetsuketa))

  1. to bind tight; to constrict
    (むね)()()けるような(かな)しみ
    mune o shimetsukeru yō na kanashimi
    sadness that constricts the chest

Conjugation

Conjugation of "しめつける" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") しめつけ shimetsuke
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") しめつけ shimetsuke
Shūshikei ("terminal") しめつける shimetsukeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") しめつける shimetsukeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") しめつけれ shimetsukere
Meireikei ("imperative") しめつけよ¹
しめつけろ²
shimetsukeyo¹
shimetsukero²
Key constructions
Passive しめつけられる shimetsukerareru
Causative しめつけさせる
しめつけさす
shimetsukesaseru
shimetsukesasu
Potential しめつけられる
しめつけれる³
shimetsukerareru
shimetsukereru³
Volitional しめつけよう shimetsukeyō
Negative しめつけない
しめつけぬ
しめつけん
shimetsukenai
shimetsukenu
shimetsuken
Negative continuative しめつけず shimetsukezu
Formal しめつけます shimetsukemasu
Perfective しめつけた shimetsuketa
Conjunctive しめつけて shimetsukete
Hypothetical conditional しめつければ shimetsukereba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN