ゆきづまる

Japanese

Alternative spellings
行き詰まる
行き詰る
行詰まる (dated)
行詰る (dated)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From 行き ((れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (yuku, to go).) +‎ 詰まる (to be at a loss).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きづま [yùkízúmáꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [jɯ̟kʲizɨma̠ɾɯ̟]

Verb

ゆきづまる • (yukizumaruゆきづまる (yukidumaru)?godan (stem ゆきづまり (yukizumari), past ゆきづまった (yukizumatta))

  1. (intransitive) to be stuck; to be at a loss as to how to proceed

Conjugation

Conjugation of "ゆきづまる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") ゆきづまら yukizumara
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") ゆきづまり yukizumari
Shūshikei ("terminal") ゆきづまる yukizumaru
Rentaikei ("attributive") ゆきづまる yukizumaru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") ゆきづまれ yukizumare
Meireikei ("imperative") ゆきづまれ yukizumare
Key constructions
Passive ゆきづまられる yukizumarareru
Causative ゆきづまらせる
ゆきづまらす
yukizumaraseru
yukizumarasu
Potential ゆきづまれる yukizumareru
Volitional ゆきづまろう yukizumarō
Negative ゆきづまらない yukizumaranai
Negative continuative ゆきづまらず yukizumarazu
Formal ゆきづまります yukizumarimasu
Perfective ゆきづまった yukizumatta
Conjunctive ゆきづまって yukizumatte
Hypothetical conditional ゆきづまれば yukizumareba

References

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