よどむ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
淀む
澱む

Pronunciation

Verb

よどむ • (yodomugodan (stem よどみ (yodomi), past よどんだ (yodonda))

  1. (of water) to stagnate
  2. to hesitate, to falter

Conjugation

Conjugation of "よどむ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") よどま yodoma
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") よどみ yodomi
Shūshikei ("terminal") よどむ yodomu
Rentaikei ("attributive") よどむ yodomu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") よどめ yodome
Meireikei ("imperative") よどめ yodome
Key constructions
Passive よどまれる yodomareru
Causative よどませる
よどます
yodomaseru
yodomasu
Potential よどめる yodomeru
Volitional よどもう yodomō
Negative よどまない yodomanai
Negative continuative よどまず yodomazu
Formal よどみます yodomimasu
Perfective よどんだ yodonda
Conjunctive よどんで yodonde
Hypothetical conditional よどめば yodomeba

Derived terms

References

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