よどむ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
淀む 澱む

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よどむ [yòdóꜜmù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) よどむ [yòdómú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞do̞mɯ̟]

Verb

よどむ • (yodomu) godan (stem よどみ (yodomi), past よどんだ (yodonda))

1. of water, to stagnate
2. to hesitate, to falter

Conjugation

Conjugation of "よどむ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	よどま	yodoma
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	よどみ	yodomi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	よどむ	yodomu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	よどむ	yodomu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	よどめ	yodome
Meireikei ("imperative")	よどめ	yodome
Key constructions
Passive	よどまれる	yodomareru
Causative	よどませる よどます	yodomaseru yodomasu
Potential	よどめる	yodomeru
Volitional	よどもう	yodomō
Negative	よどまない	yodomanai
Negative continuative	よどまず	yodomazu
Formal	よどみます	yodomimasu
Perfective	よどんだ	yodonda
Conjunctive	よどんで	yodonde
Hypothetical conditional	よどめば	yodomeba

Derived terms

• よどみ (yodomi)