滲む

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
滲
にじ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) にじむ [nìjíꜜmù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iʑimɯ̟]

• Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「滲む」

Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形)	滲む	にじむ	[nìjíꜜmù]
Imperative (命令形)	滲め	にじめ	[nìjíꜜmè]
Key constructions
Passive	滲まれる	にじまれる	[nìjímáréꜜrù]
Causative	滲ませる	にじませる	[nìjímáséꜜrù]
Potential	-	-	-
Volitional	滲もう	にじもー	[nìjímóꜜò]
Negative	滲まない	にじまない	[nìjímáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective	滲まなかった	にじまなかった	[nìjímáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal	滲みます	にじみます	[nìjímímáꜜsù]
Perfective	滲んだ	にじんだ	[nìjíꜜǹdà]
Conjunctive	滲んで	にじんで	[nìjíꜜǹdè]
Hypothetical conditional	滲めば	にじめば	[nìjíꜜmèbà]

Verb

滲(にじ)む • (nijimu) intransitive godan (stem 滲(にじ)み (nijimi), past 滲(にじ)んだ (nijinda))

1. blur, run, spread
2. be stained
3. brim with tears
4. show the emotion put into it

Usage notes

This term is commonly spelled in hiragana.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "滲む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	滲ま	にじま	nijima
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	滲み	にじみ	nijimi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	滲む	にじむ	nijimu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	滲む	にじむ	nijimu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	滲め	にじめ	nijime
Meireikei ("imperative")	滲め	にじめ	nijime
Key constructions
Passive	滲まれる	にじまれる	nijimareru
Causative	滲ませる 滲ます	にじませる にじます	nijimaseru nijimasu
Potential	滲める	にじめる	nijimeru
Volitional	滲もう	にじもう	nijimō
Negative	滲まない	にじまない	nijimanai
Negative continuative	滲まず	にじまず	nijimazu
Formal	滲みます	にじみます	nijimimasu
Perfective	滲んだ	にじんだ	nijinda
Conjunctive	滲んで	にじんで	nijinde
Hypothetical conditional	滲めば	にじめば	nijimeba

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
滲
し Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Verb

滲(し)む • (shimu) godan (stem 滲(し)み (shimi), past 滲(し)んだ (shinda))

1. Alternative form of 染む