減り込む

Japanese

Kanji in this term
減	込
め Grade: 5	こ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
めり込む

Etymology

Perhaps from 減(へ)り (heri) + 込(こ)む (komu). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. How did "heri" become "meri"?

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) めりこむ [mèríkóꜜmù] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [me̞ɾʲiko̞mɯ̟]

Verb

減(め)り込(こ)む • (merikomu) intransitive godan (stem 減(め)り込(こ)み (merikomi), past 減(め)り込(こ)んだ (merikonda))

cave in
sink in, get stuck in

Conjugation

Conjugation of "減り込む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	減り込ま	めりこま	merikoma
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	減り込み	めりこみ	merikomi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	減り込む	めりこむ	merikomu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	減り込む	めりこむ	merikomu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	減り込め	めりこめ	merikome
Meireikei ("imperative")	減り込め	めりこめ	merikome
Key constructions
Passive	減り込まれる	めりこまれる	merikomareru
Causative	減り込ませる減り込ます	めりこませるめりこます	merikomaseru merikomasu
Potential	減り込める	めりこめる	merikomeru
Volitional	減り込もう	めりこもう	merikomō
Negative	減り込まない	めりこまない	merikomanai
Negative continuative	減り込まず	めりこまず	merikomazu
Formal	減り込みます	めりこみます	merikomimasu
Perfective	減り込んだ	めりこんだ	merikonda
Conjunctive	減り込んで	めりこんで	merikonde
Hypothetical conditional	減り込めば	めりこめば	merikomeba

References

“^△減り込む”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026