Conjugation

縮める

ちぢめるchijimeru

grow closer

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 言い換える, なだめる, 蒸れる

Newbie

The polite forms to talk about now, the future, and the past, and the te-form of requests.

  1. Polite present · -masu

    What you do, usually or soon, said politely. Japanese has one form for the present and the future.

    1. affirmative縮めますちぢめますchijimemasu
    2. negative縮めませんちぢめませんchijimemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

    What you did, or did not do, said politely.

    1. affirmative縮めましたちぢめましたchijimemashita
    2. negative縮めませんでしたちぢめませんでしたchijimemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

    Links actions (and then…), and with ください asks politely.

    1. 縮めてちぢめてchijimete
    2. request縮めてくださいちぢめてくださいchijimete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 縮めましょうちぢめましょうchijimemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

    What you want to do. Add です to be polite.

    1. affirmative縮めたいちぢめたいchijimetai
    2. negative縮めたくないちぢめたくないchijimetakunai
BeginnerThe plain forms of everyday speech, what is going on, what you can do, conditions, and the passive.Plain present · dictionary form · Plain past · -ta · Ongoing · -te iru · Potential · If, when · -tara · PassiveAlso show the Beginner forms (6)

  1. Plain present · dictionary form

    Between friends and family, and before a noun or many phrases. It also says the future.

    1. affirmative縮めるちぢめるchijimeru
    2. negative縮めないちぢめないchijimenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

    The past between friends and family, and before a noun.

    1. affirmative縮めたちぢめたchijimeta
    2. negative縮めなかったちぢめなかったchijimenakatta

  3. Ongoing · -te iru

    What is going on now, a habit, or a state that lasts: 結婚している, to be married.

    1. plain縮めているちぢめているchijimete iru
    2. polite縮めていますちぢめていますchijimete imasu

  4. Potential

    What you can do. Its object often takes が: 日本語が話せる.

    1. plain縮められるちぢめられるchijimerareru
    2. polite縮められますちぢめられますchijimeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

    If or once something happens, and what you found when it did.

    1. 縮めたらちぢめたらchijimetara

  6. Passive

    What is done to someone, often to their regret: に marks who does it. It is also a respectful way to speak of others.

    1. plain縮められるちぢめられるchijimerareru
    2. polite縮められますちぢめられますchijimeraremasu
IntermediateIntentions, orders, conditions, making someone do something, and the verbs of respect and modesty.Volitional · -ō, -yō · Command · Condition · -ba · Causative · Causative passiveAlso show the Intermediate forms (5)

  1. Volitional · -ō, -yō

    Let’s, between friends; with と思う, what you intend to do.

    1. 縮めようちぢめようchijimeyō

  2. Command

    A blunt order or ban (〜な), heard in sports, on signs, and between men. Politely, say 〜てください.

    1. order縮めろちぢめろchijimero
    2. ban縮めるなちぢめるなchijimeru na

  3. Condition · -ba

    If…: the condition for what follows. In the negative, it also says what you must do: 〜なければならない.

    1. affirmative縮めればちぢめればchijimereba
    2. negative縮めなければちぢめなければchijimenakereba

  4. Causative

    Making or letting someone do something: に or を marks who does it.

    1. plain縮めさせるちぢめさせるchijimesaseru
    2. polite縮めさせますちぢめさせますchijimesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

    Being made to do something you did not want to. In speech, godan verbs often shorten -aserareru to -asareru.

    1. plain縮めさせられるちぢめさせられるchijimesaserareru
    2. polite縮めさせられますちぢめさせられますchijimesaseraremasu