にぎりしめる

Japanese

Alternative spellings
握り締める
握りしめる

Etymology

From (にぎ) (nigiri, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb (にぎ) (nigiru)) + ()める (shimeru).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ぎりしめる [nìgíríshíꜜmèrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɲ̟iɡʲiɾʲiɕime̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

にぎりしめる • (nigirishimeruにぎりしめる (nigirisimeru)?transitive ichidan (stem にぎりしめ (nigirishime), past にぎりしめた (nigirishimeta))

  1. to grip tight

Conjugation

Conjugation of "にぎりしめる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") にぎりしめ nigirishime
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") にぎりしめ nigirishime
Shūshikei ("terminal") にぎりしめる nigirishimeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") にぎりしめる nigirishimeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") にぎりしめれ nigirishimere
Meireikei ("imperative") にぎりしめよ¹
にぎりしめろ²
nigirishimeyo¹
nigirishimero²
Key constructions
Passive にぎりしめられる nigirishimerareru
Causative にぎりしめさせる
にぎりしめさす
nigirishimesaseru
nigirishimesasu
Potential にぎりしめられる
にぎりしめれる³
nigirishimerareru
nigirishimereru³
Volitional にぎりしめよう nigirishimeyō
Negative にぎりしめない
にぎりしめぬ
にぎりしめん
nigirishimenai
nigirishimenu
nigirishimen
Negative continuative にぎりしめず nigirishimezu
Formal にぎりしめます nigirishimemasu
Perfective にぎりしめた nigirishimeta
Conjunctive にぎりしめて nigirishimete
Hypothetical conditional にぎりしめれば nigirishimereba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References

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