緩める
Japanese
Kanji in this term |
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緩 |
ゆる Grade: S |
kun’yomi |
Verb
緩める (transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana ゆるめる, rōmaji yurumeru)
Japanese verb pair | |
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active | 緩める |
mediopassive | 緩む |
- to loosen; to make (a knot, rope, etc) loose
- 帯を緩める
- obi o yurumeru
- to loosen the belt
- ネクタイを緩める
- nekutai o yurumeru
- to loosen the necktie
- 帯を緩める
- (with 気を) to be off guard; to be inattentive
- 最後まで気を緩めるな
- saigo made ki o yurumeru na
- Keep yourself alert until the last moment!
- 最後まで気を緩めるな
- to make less strict; to make less harsh
- 取り締まりを緩める
- torishimari o yurumeru
- to loosen the regulation
- 追及の手を緩める
- tsuikyū no te o yurumeru
- to turn a blind eye
- 取り締まりを緩める
- to make the facial expression less serious/unfriendly
- 口元を緩める
- kuchimoto o yurumeru
- His face lights up.
- 口元を緩める
- to slow down
- スピードを緩める
- supīdo o yurumeru
- to decrease the speed
- スピードを緩める
- to make less inclined/sloped
- 傾斜を緩める
- keisha o yurumeru
- to make less inclined
- 傾斜を緩める
Conjugation
Conjugation of "緩める" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms | ||||
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Imperfective (未然形) | 緩め | ゆるめ | yurume | |
Continuative (連用形) | 緩め | ゆるめ | yurume | |
Terminal (終止形) | 緩める | ゆるめる | yurumeru | |
Attributive (連体形) | 緩める | ゆるめる | yurumeru | |
Hypothetical (仮定形) | 緩めれ | ゆるめれ | yurumere | |
Imperative (命令形) | 緩めよ¹ 緩めろ² |
ゆるめよ¹ ゆるめろ² |
yurumeyo¹ yurumero² | |
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | 緩められる | ゆるめられる | yurumerareru | |
Causative | 緩めさせる 緩めさす |
ゆるめさせる ゆるめさす |
yurumesaseru yurumesasu | |
Potential | 緩められる 緩めれる³ |
ゆるめられる ゆるめれる³ |
yurumerareru yurumereru³ | |
Volitional | 緩めよう | ゆるめよう | yurumeyō | |
Negative | 緩めない 緩めぬ 緩めん |
ゆるめない ゆるめぬ ゆるめん |
yurumenai yurumenu yurumen | |
Negative continuative | 緩めず | ゆるめず | yurumezu | |
Formal | 緩めます | ゆるめます | yurumemasu | |
Perfective | 緩めた | ゆるめた | yurumeta | |
Conjunctive | 緩めて | ゆるめて | yurumete | |
Hypothetical conditional | 緩めれば | ゆるめれば | yurumereba | |
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential |
Classical conjugation of "緩む" (マ行下二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms | |||
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Irrealis (未然形) | 緩め | ゆるめ | yurume |
Continuative (連用形) | 緩め | ゆるめ | yurume |
Terminal (終止形) | 緩む | ゆるむ | yurumu |
Attributive (連体形) | 緩むる | ゆるむる | yurumuru |
Realis (已然形) | 緩むれ | ゆるむれ | yurumure |
Imperative (命令形) | 緩めよ | ゆるめよ | yurumeyo |
Key constructions | |||
Negative | 緩めず | ゆるめず | yurumezu |
Contrasting conjunction | 緩むれど | ゆるむれど | yurumuredo |
Causal conjunction | 緩むれば | ゆるむれば | yurumureba |
Conditional conjunction | 緩めば | ゆるめば | yurumeba |
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 緩めき | ゆるめき | yurumeki |
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 緩めけり | ゆるめけり | yurumekeri |
Perfect tense (conscious action) | 緩めつ | ゆるめつ | yurumetu |
Perfect tense (natural event) | 緩めぬ | ゆるめぬ | yurumenu |
Perfect-continuative tense | 緩めたり | ゆるめたり | yurumetari |
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