切り詰める

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2

Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
切詰める

Etymology

() (kiru, to cut) + ()める (tsumeru, to shorten; to reduce)

Pronunciation

Verb

()()める • (kiritsumeruichidan (stem ()() (kiritsume), past ()()めた (kiritsumeta))

  1. to cut so as to shorten
  2. to cut down, to reduce (expenses)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "切り詰める" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 切り詰め きりつめ kiritsume
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 切り詰め きりつめ kiritsume
Shūshikei ("terminal") 切り詰める きりつめる kiritsumeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 切り詰める きりつめる kiritsumeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 切り詰めれ きりつめれ kiritsumere
Meireikei ("imperative") 切り詰めよ¹
切り詰めろ²
きりつめよ¹
きりつめろ²
kiritsumeyo¹
kiritsumero²
Key constructions
Passive 切り詰められる きりつめられる kiritsumerareru
Causative 切り詰めさせる
切り詰めさす
きりつめさせる
きりつめさす
kiritsumesaseru
kiritsumesasu
Potential 切り詰められる
切り詰めれる³
きりつめられる
きりつめれる³
kiritsumerareru
kiritsumereru³
Volitional 切り詰めよう きりつめよう kiritsumeyō
Negative 切り詰めない
切り詰めぬ
切り詰めん
きりつめない
きりつめぬ
きりつめん
kiritsumenai
kiritsumenu
kiritsumen
Negative continuative 切り詰めず きりつめず kiritsumezu
Formal 切り詰めます きりつめます kiritsumemasu
Perfective 切り詰めた きりつめた kiritsumeta
Conjunctive 切り詰めて きりつめて kiritsumete
Hypothetical conditional 切り詰めれば きりつめれば kiritsumereba

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
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN