詰む

Japanese

Kanji in this term
詰
つ Grade: S

Verb

詰(つ)む • (tsumu) intransitive godan (stem 詰(つ)み (tsumi), past 詰(つ)んだ (tsunda))

Japanese verb pair
active	詰める
mediopassive	詰む

1. (of textile) to be densely woven

   目(め)の詰(つ)んだ織物(おりもの)

   me no tsunda orimono

   a finely woven fabric

2. (shogi, chess) to be checkmated

   あと一手(いって)で詰(つ)んでしまう

   ato itte de tsunde shimau

   The king will be checkmated in the next move.

3. to be done for; to get a game over

   人生(じんせい)詰(つ)んだ

   jinsei tsunda

   My life is ruined.

4. (rare) to be blocked

   Synonym: 詰まる

Conjugation

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

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	詰ま	つま	tsuma
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	詰み	つみ	tsumi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	詰む	つむ	tsumu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	詰む	つむ	tsumu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	詰め	つめ	tsume
Meireikei ("imperative")	詰め	つめ	tsume
Key constructions
Passive	詰まれる	つまれる	tsumareru
Causative	詰ませる 詰ます	つませる つます	tsumaseru tsumasu
Potential	詰める	つめる	tsumeru
Volitional	詰もう	つもう	tsumō
Negative	詰まない	つまない	tsumanai
Negative continuative	詰まず	つまず	tsumazu
Formal	詰みます	つみます	tsumimasu
Perfective	詰んだ	つんだ	tsunda
Conjunctive	詰んで	つんで	tsunde
Hypothetical conditional	詰めば	つめば	tsumeba

Classical conjugation of "詰む" (マ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	詰ま	つま	tuma
Continuative (連用形)	詰み	つみ	tumi
Terminal (終止形)	詰む	つむ	tumu
Attributive (連体形)	詰む	つむ	tumu
Realis (已然形)	詰め	つめ	tume
Imperative (命令形)	詰め	つめ	tume
Key constructions
Negative	詰まず	つまず	tumazu
Contrasting conjunction	詰めど	つめど	tumedo
Causal conjunction	詰めば	つめば	tumeba
Conditional conjunction	詰まば	つまば	tumaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	詰みき	つみき	tumiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	詰みけり	つみけり	tumikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action)	詰みつ	つみつ	tumitu
Perfect tense (natural event)	詰みぬ	つみぬ	tuminu
Perfect-continuative tense	詰めり 詰みたり	つめり つみたり	tumeri tumitari
Volitional	詰まむ	つまむ	tumamu