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沈む
沈む
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 沈 |
|
しず Grade: S |
| kun'yomi |
Verb
沈む (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana しずむ, romaji shizumu, historical hiragana しづむ)
- to sink; to go to the bottom
- (of the sun) to set
- to be immersed
- to feel downcast, dejected, depressed
- to droop
Conjugation
Conjugation of "沈む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 沈ま | しずま | shizuma |
| Continuative (連用形) | 沈み | しずみ | shizumi |
| Terminal (終止形) | 沈む | しずむ | shizumu |
| Attributive (連体形) | 沈む | しずむ | shizumu |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 沈め | しずめ | shizume |
| Imperative (命令形) | 沈め | しずめ | shizume |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 沈まれる | しずまれる | shizumareru |
| Causative | 沈ませる 沈ます |
しずませる しずます |
shizumaseru shizumasu |
| Potential | 沈める | しずめる | shizumeru |
| Volitional | 沈もう | しずもう | shizumō |
| Negative | 沈まない | しずまない | shizumanai |
| Negative continuative | 沈まず | しずまず | shizumazu |
| Formal | 沈みます | しずみます | shizumimasu |
| Perfective | 沈んだ | しずんだ | shizunda |
| Conjunctive | 沈んで | しずんで | shizunde |
| Hypothetical conditional | 沈めば | しずめば | shizumeba |
Related terms
- 沈める (shizumeru) (transitive)