# 詰める
## Japanese

* Kanji in this term
* 詰
* つ Grade: S
* kun'yomi

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) つめる [tsùméꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])
* IPA: [t͡sɨme̞ɾɯ̟]
* Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「詰める」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary :
| Stem forms ||||
| Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形) | 詰める | つめる | [tsùméꜜrù] |
| Imperative (命令形) | 詰めろ | つめろ | [tsùméꜜrò] |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 詰められる | つめられる | [tsùméráréꜜrù] |
| Causative | 詰めさせる | つめさせる | [tsùmésáséꜜrù] |
| Potential | 詰められる | つめられる | [tsùméráréꜜrù] |
| Volitional | 詰めよう | つめよー | [tsùméyóꜜò] |
| Negative | 詰めない | つめない | [tsùméꜜnàì] |
| Negative perfective | 詰めなかった | つめなかった | [tsùméꜜnàkàttà] |
| Formal | 詰めます | つめます | [tsùmémáꜜsù] |
| Perfective | 詰めた | つめた | [tsúꜜmètà] |
| Conjunctive | 詰めて | つめて | [tsúꜜmètè] |
| Hypothetical conditional | 詰めれば | つめれば | [tsùméꜜrèbà] |

### Verb

詰(つ)める • (tsumeru) ichidan (stem 詰(つ)め (tsume), past 詰(つ)めた (tsumeta))
Japanese verb pair :
| active | 詰める |
| mediopassive | 詰まる |
Japanese verb pair :
| active | 詰める |
| mediopassive | 詰む |
* to stuff; to fill; to cram
    衣装(いしょう)を詰(つ)めた鞄(かばん)
       ishō o tsumeta kaban
       a bag full of clothes
    虫歯(むしば)を詰(つ)める
       mushiba o tsumeru
       to fill a tooth
* to draw together or nearer; to shorten or narrow
    席(せき)を詰(つ)めて座(すわ)る
       seki o tsumete suwaru
       to sit closely
    経費(けいひ)を詰(つ)める
       keihi o tsumeru
       to reduce cost
* to finish; to complete
    沢筋(さわすじ)を詰(つ)める
       sawasuji o tsumeru
       to walk to the end of a stream
    議論(ぎろん)を詰(つ)める
       giron o tsumeru
       to have a thorough discussion
* to stand by; to wait and be ready
    首相官邸(しゅしょうかんてい)に詰(つ)める
       shushō kantei ni tsumeru
       to stand by at the official residence of the prime minister
* (shogi, chess) to checkmate
* (attaching to continuative form of other verbs)
** to make unable to escape; to corner
    問(と)い詰(つ)める
       toitsumeru
       to interrogate
** to do something to the greatest extent
    通(かよ)い詰(つ)める
       kayoitsumeru
       to frequently visit

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 詰め | つめ | tsume |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 詰め | つめ | tsume |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 詰める | つめる | tsumeru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 詰める | つめる | tsumeru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 詰めれ | つめれ | tsumere |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 詰めよ¹ 詰めろ² | つめよ¹ つめろ² | tsumeyo¹ tsumero² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 詰められる | つめられる | tsumerareru |
| Causative | 詰めさせる 詰めさす | つめさせる つめさす | tsumesaseru tsumesasu |
| Potential | 詰められる 詰めれる³ | つめられる つめれる³ | tsumerareru tsumereru³ |
| Volitional | 詰めよう | つめよう | tsumeyō |
| Negative | 詰めない 詰めぬ 詰めん | つめない つめぬ つめん | tsumenai tsumenu tsumen |
| Negative continuative | 詰めず | つめず | tsumezu |
| Formal | 詰めます | つめます | tsumemasu |
| Perfective | 詰めた | つめた | tsumeta |
| Conjunctive | 詰めて | つめて | tsumete |
| Hypothetical conditional | 詰めれば | つめれば | tsumereba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential ||||

#### Derived terms

* 腸詰(ちょうづめ) (chōzume): sausage
* 缶詰(かんづめ) (kanzume): canned food

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN