つづめる
Japanese
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 約める |
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to ちぢめる?”)
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) つづめる [tsùzúmérú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- (Tokyo) つづめる [tsùzúméꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
- IPA(key): [t͡sɨzɨme̞ɾɯ̟]
Verb
つづめる • (tsuzumeru) ←つづめる (tudumeru)?ichidan (stem つづめ (tsuzume), past つづめた (tsuzumeta))
- to condense
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | つづめ | tsuzume | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | つづめ | tsuzume | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | つづめる | tsuzumeru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | つづめる | tsuzumeru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | つづめれ | tsuzumere | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | つづめよ¹ つづめろ² |
tsuzumeyo¹ tsuzumero² | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | つづめられる | tsuzumerareru | |
| Causative | つづめさせる つづめさす |
tsuzumesaseru tsuzumesasu | |
| Potential | つづめられる つづめれる³ |
tsuzumerareru tsuzumereru³ | |
| Volitional | つづめよう | tsuzumeyō | |
| Negative | つづめない つづめぬ つづめん |
tsuzumenai tsuzumenu tsuzumen | |
| Negative continuative | つづめず | tsuzumezu | |
| Formal | つづめます | tsuzumemasu | |
| Perfective | つづめた | tsuzumeta | |
| Conjunctive | つづめて | tsuzumete | |
| Hypothetical conditional | つづめれば | tsuzumereba | |
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential