涙ぐむ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
涙
なみだ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
淚ぐむ (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 涙(なみだ) (namida) + ぐむ (-gumu).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) なみだぐ​む [nàmídágúꜜmù] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [na̠mʲida̠ɡɯ̟ᵝmɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

涙(なみだ)ぐむ • (namidagumu) intransitive godan (stem 涙(なみだ)ぐみ (namidagumi), past 涙(なみだ)ぐんだ (namidagunda))

1. to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears

   思(おも)わず涙(なみだ)ぐむ

   omowazu namidagumu

   to be moved to tears unconsciously

Conjugation

Conjugation of "涙ぐむ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	涙ぐま	なみだぐま	namidaguma
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	涙ぐみ	なみだぐみ	namidagumi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	涙ぐむ	なみだぐむ	namidagumu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	涙ぐむ	なみだぐむ	namidagumu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	涙ぐめ	なみだぐめ	namidagume
Meireikei ("imperative")	涙ぐめ	なみだぐめ	namidagume
Key constructions
Passive	涙ぐまれる	なみだぐまれる	namidagumareru
Causative	涙ぐませる 涙ぐます	なみだぐませる なみだぐます	namidagumaseru namidagumasu
Potential	涙ぐめる	なみだぐめる	namidagumeru
Volitional	涙ぐもう	なみだぐもう	namidagumō
Negative	涙ぐまない	なみだぐまない	namidagumanai
Negative continuative	涙ぐまず	なみだぐまず	namidagumazu
Formal	涙ぐみます	なみだぐみます	namidagumimasu
Perfective	涙ぐんだ	なみだぐんだ	namidagunda
Conjunctive	涙ぐんで	なみだぐんで	namidagunde
Hypothetical conditional	涙ぐめば	なみだぐめば	namidagumeba

Derived terms

• 涙(なみだ)ぐましい (namidagumashī)