緩める
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 緩 |
| ゆる Grade: S |
| kun’yomi |
Verb
緩める (transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana ゆるめる, rōmaji yurumeru)
| Japanese verb pair | |
|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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