紡ぐ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
紡
つむ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Verb

紡(つむ)ぐ • (tsumugu) transitive godan (stem 紡(つむ)ぎ (tsumugi), past 紡(つむ)いだ (tsumuida))

1. to spin, to make yarn
2. (figuratively) to spin a yarn (tell a story)

   歌(うた)を紡(つむ)ぐ

   uta o tsumugu

   spin a lay; deliver a lyric

Conjugation

Conjugation of "紡ぐ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	紡が	つむが	tsumuga
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	紡ぎ	つむぎ	tsumugi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	紡ぐ	つむぐ	tsumugu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	紡ぐ	つむぐ	tsumugu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	紡げ	つむげ	tsumuge
Meireikei ("imperative")	紡げ	つむげ	tsumuge
Key constructions
Passive	紡がれる	つむがれる	tsumugareru
Causative	紡がせる 紡がす	つむがせる つむがす	tsumugaseru tsumugasu
Potential	紡げる	つむげる	tsumugeru
Volitional	紡ごう	つむごう	tsumugō
Negative	紡がない	つむがない	tsumuganai
Negative continuative	紡がず	つむがず	tsumugazu
Formal	紡ぎます	つむぎます	tsumugimasu
Perfective	紡いだ	つむいだ	tsumuida
Conjunctive	紡いで	つむいで	tsumuide
Hypothetical conditional	紡げば	つむげば	tsumugeba