Japanese Dictionary
Meaning of 込む in Japanese
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込む, 混む, 籠む, 篭むJLPT 4
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Kana Readingこむ
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Romajikomu
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `mu' ending, intransitive verb
- Meaning
- to be crowded; to be packed
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to be complex
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- Parts of speech
- auxiliary verb
- Meaning
- to go into; to put into; to remain (seated); to be plunged into (silence); to do thoroughly
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to do intently
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to continue in the same state
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Examples of 込む, 混む, 籠む, 篭む, こむ in a sentence
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列車はひどく混んでいたので私はずっと立ったままでいなければならなかった。
The train was so crowded that I had to keep standing all the way.
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The train was to crowded that I had to stand all the way to Ueno.
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The train was so crowded that we were obliged to stand all the way to Osaka.
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列車がひどく込んでいて、私は途中ずっと立っていなければならなかった。
The train was so crowded that I had to keep standing all the way.
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It seems less crowded during the week.
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His store is always crowded with customers.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 込む
- Plain Polite
- 込みます
- Negative
- 込まない
- Negative Polite
- 込みません
Past
- Plain
- 込んだ
- Plain Polite
- 込みました
- Negative
- 込まなかった
- Negative Polite
- 込みませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 込んで
- Plain Polite
- 込みまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 込まれる
- Plain Polite
- 込まれます
- Negative
- 込まれない
- Negative Polite
- 込まれません
Related Kanji
16 strokes
seclude oneself, cage, coop, implied
On'Yomi: ロウ, ル
Kun'Yomi: かご, こ.める, こも.る, こ.む
11 strokes
mix, blend, confuse
On'Yomi: コン
Kun'Yomi: ま.じる, -ま.じり, ま.ざる, ま.ぜる, こ.む
5 strokes
crowded, mixture, in bulk, included, (kokuji)
On'Yomi:
Kun'Yomi: -こ.む, こ.む, こ.み, -こ.み, こ.める
22 strokes
basket, devote oneself, seclude oneself, cage, coop, implied
On'Yomi: ロウ, ル
Kun'Yomi: かご, こ.める, こも.る, こ.む