詰め

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
詰
つ Grade: S
kun'yomi

連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 詰(つ)める (tsumeru, “to stuff, to fill, to narrow, to finish”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) つめ [tsùméꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨme̞]

Noun

詰(つ)め • (tsume) 

1. stuffing, packing
2. end (esp. the foot of a bridge)
3. (shogi, figurative) endgame
4. ellipsis of 煮詰め: sweet eel sauce
5. lowest-ranking guest at a tea ceremony​

   Synonym: お詰め

6. tea master

   Synonym: お詰め

7. (archaic) middle-aged women
8. (typography) spacing of glyphs based on a percentage of their sidebearings, rather than a fixed unit or amount as used for kerning and tracking, which allows for proportional spacing of multiple glyphs at once

Verb

詰(つ)め • (tsume) 

1. imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of 詰める (tsumeru) [ichidan]

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
詰
つ > づ Grade: S
kun'yomi

See 詰(つ)め (tsume) above. The tsu changes to zu as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) づめ [zùméꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [d͡zɨme̞]

Suffix

詰(づ)め • (-zume) 

1. (attach after a noun) stuffing, packing into a container
2. (attach after 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of a verb) continuing, keep doing for period of time​

   終点(しゅうてん)まで立(た)ち詰(づ)めだった

   shūten made tachizume datta

   to stand still until reaching the final destination

Usage notes

The okurigana め is sometimes omitted.

Derived terms

• 箱詰(はこづめ) (hakozume)
• 缶詰(かんづめ) (kanzume)
• 瓶詰(びんづめ) (binzume)

See also

• 詰(つ)める (tsumeru)