緩む

Japanese

Kanji in this term
緩
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

弛む

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝmɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

緩む (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana ゆるむ, rōmaji yurumu)

slacken, become loose
become lax
soften
slow
thin
relax, let one's guard down
ちょっと、気 (き)が緩 (ゆる)んでいたと思 (おも)う。
Chotto, ki ga yurunde ita to omou.
I think I let my guard down a little bit.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "緩む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	緩ま	ゆるま	yuruma
Continuative (連用形)	緩み	ゆるみ	yurumi
Terminal (終止形)	緩む	ゆるむ	yurumu
Attributive (連体形)	緩む	ゆるむ	yurumu
Hypothetical (仮定形)	緩め	ゆるめ	yurume
Imperative (命令形)	緩め	ゆるめ	yurume
Key constructions
Passive	緩まれる	ゆるまれる	yurumareru
Causative	緩ませる緩ます	ゆるませるゆるます	yurumaseru yurumasu
Potential	緩める	ゆるめる	yurumeru
Volitional	緩もう	ゆるもう	yurumō
Negative	緩まない	ゆるまない	yurumanai
Negative continuative	緩まず	ゆるまず	yurumazu
Formal	緩みます	ゆるみます	yurumimasu
Perfective	緩んだ	ゆるんだ	yurunda
Conjunctive	緩んで	ゆるんで	yurunde
Hypothetical conditional	緩めば	ゆるめば	yurumeba

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