Japanese Dictionary
Meaning of 撓む in Japanese
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撓む, 橈む
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Kana Readingたわむ
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Romajitawamu
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `mu' ending, transitive verb
- Meaning
- to bend; to warp
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Examples of 撓む, 橈む, たわむ in a sentence
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The tree bent down beneath their weight of fruit.
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Bamboo bends before the wind.
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The bamboo is bending with the weight of the snow.
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Better bend than break.
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The tree bent under the weight of the fruit.
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The branches were bowed down with oranges.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 撓む
- Plain Polite
- 撓みます
- Negative
- 撓まない
- Negative Polite
- 撓みません
Past
- Plain
- 撓んだ
- Plain Polite
- 撓みました
- Negative
- 撓まなかった
- Negative Polite
- 撓みませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 撓んで
- Plain Polite
- 撓みまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 撓まれる
- Plain Polite
- 撓まれます
- Negative
- 撓まれない
- Negative Polite
- 撓まれません
Related Kanji
撓
15 strokes
bend, train, lithe
On'Yomi: トウ, キョウ, コウ, ジョウ
Kun'Yomi: たわ.む, しな.う, しお.る, たわ.める, みだ.す, みだ.れる