緩む

Japanese

Etymology
Kanji in this term
緩
ゆる
Grade: S
kun’yomi

From 緩 (ゆる)い (yurui, “loose”) + む (mu, “-ize; -en”, verbal suffix).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

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

Japanese verb pair
active 緩める
mediopassive 緩む
  1. slacken, become loose
  2. become lax
  3. soften
  4. slow
  5. thin
  6. 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
Classical conjugation of "緩む" (マ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (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
Realis (已然形) 緩めゆるめyurume
Imperative (命令形) 緩めゆるめyurume
Key constructions
Negative 緩まずゆるまずyurumazu
Contrasting conjunction 緩めどゆるめどyurumedo
Causal conjunction 緩めばゆるめばyurumeba
Conditional conjunction 緩まばゆるまばyurumaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 緩みきゆるみきyurumiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 緩みけりゆるみけりyurumikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 緩みつゆるみつyurumitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 緩みぬゆるみぬyuruminu
Perfect-continuative tense 緩めり
緩みたり		ゆるめり
ゆるみたり		yurumeri
yurumitari
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