なきしずむ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
泣き沈む 泣沈む (dated)

Etymology

From 泣(な)き (naki, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 泣(な)く (naku).”) + 沈(しず)む (shizumu).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) なきしずむ [nàkíshízúꜜmù] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [na̠kʲiɕizɨmɯ̟]

Verb

なきしずむ • (nakishizumu) ^{←なきしづむ (nakisidumu)?}godan (stem なきしずみ (nakishizumi), past なきしずんだ (nakishizunda))

1. to cry and grieve deeply

Conjugation

Conjugation of "なきしずむ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	なきしずま	nakishizuma
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	なきしずみ	nakishizumi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	なきしずむ	nakishizumu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	なきしずむ	nakishizumu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	なきしずめ	nakishizume
Meireikei ("imperative")	なきしずめ	nakishizume
Key constructions
Passive	なきしずまれる	nakishizumareru
Causative	なきしずませる なきしずます	nakishizumaseru nakishizumasu
Potential	なきしずめる	nakishizumeru
Volitional	なきしずもう	nakishizumō
Negative	なきしずまない	nakishizumanai
Negative continuative	なきしずまず	nakishizumazu
Formal	なきしずみます	nakishizumimasu
Perfective	なきしずんだ	nakishizunda
Conjunctive	なきしずんで	nakishizunde
Hypothetical conditional	なきしずめば	nakishizumeba