滲む

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
滲
にじ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
泌む (rare)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) にじむ [nìjíꜜmù] (Nakadaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iʑimɯ̟]

Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 滲む

Plain	滲む	にじむ	`[nìjíꜜmù]`
Conjunctive	滲んで	にじんで	`[nìjíꜜǹdè]`
Perfective	滲んだ	にじんだ	`[nìjíꜜǹdà]`
Negative	滲まない	にじまない	`[nìjímáꜜnàì]`
Negative perfective	滲まなかった	にじまなかった	`[nìjímáꜜnàkàttà]`
Hypothetical conditional	滲めば	にじめば	`[nìjíꜜmèbà]`
Past conditional	滲んだら	にじんだら	`[nìjíꜜǹdàrà]`
Imperative	滲め	にじめ	`[nìjíꜜmè]`
Volitional	滲もう	にじもー	`[nìjímóꜜò]`
Desiderative	滲みたい	にじみたい	`[nìjímítáꜜì]`
Formal	滲みます	にじみます	`[nìjímímáꜜsù]`
Formal negative	滲みません	にじみません	`[nìjímímáséꜜǹ]`
Formal volitional	滲みましょう	にじみましょー	`[nìjímímáshóꜜò]`
Formal perfective	滲みました	にじみました	`[nìjímímáꜜshìtà]`
Continuative	滲み滲みに	にじみにじみに	`[nìjíꜜmì]` `[nìjíꜜmì nì]`
Negative continuative	滲まず滲まずに	にじまずにじまずに	`[nìjímáꜜzù]` `[nìjímáꜜzù nì]`
Passive	滲まれる	にじまれる	`[nìjímáréꜜrù]`
Causative	滲ませる滲ます	にじませるにじます	`[nìjímáséꜜrù]` `[nìjímáꜜsù]`
Potential	滲める	にじめる	`[nìjíméꜜrù]`

Verb

滲(にじ)む • (nijimu) intransitive godan (stem 滲(にじ)み (nijimi), past 滲(にじ)んだ (nijinda))

to blur, to run, to spread
to be stained
to brim with tears
to show the emotion put into it

Usage notes

This term is commonly spelled in hiragana.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "滲む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	滲ま	にじま	nijima
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	滲み	にじみ	nijimi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	滲む	にじむ	nijimu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	滲む	にじむ	nijimu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	滲め	にじめ	nijime
Meireikei ("imperative")	滲め	にじめ	nijime
Key constructions
Passive	滲まれる	にじまれる	nijimareru
Causative	滲ませる滲ます	にじませるにじます	nijimaseru nijimasu
Potential	滲める	にじめる	nijimeru
Volitional	滲もう	にじもう	nijimō
Negative	滲まない	にじまない	nijimanai
Negative continuative	滲まず	にじまず	nijimazu
Formal	滲みます	にじみます	nijimimasu
Perfective	滲んだ	にじんだ	nijinda
Conjunctive	滲んで	にじんで	nijinde
Hypothetical conditional	滲めば	にじめば	nijimeba

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
滲
し Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 滲む – see the following entry.

【染しむ】

[verb] to blur, to spread

[verb] to be dyed

[verb] to fall in love with

[verb] Classical Japanese form of 染みる (shimiru)

[verb] Classical Japanese form of 染める (shimeru)

Alternative spellings
沁む, 浸む

(This term, 滲む, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

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