胸がつかえる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
胸
むね Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 胸 +‎ が +‎ つかえる

Verb

胸(むね)がつかえる • (mune ga tsukaeru) ichidan (stem 胸(むね)がつかえ (mune ga tsukae), past 胸(むね)がつかえた (mune ga tsukaeta))

1. to have a lump in one's throat, stomach full of food
2. (idiomatic) to be emotionally moved

   胸(むね)がつかえて何(なに)も言(い)えない

   mune ga tsukaete nani mo ienai

   to be unable to say anything due to being too emotional

Conjugation

Conjugation of "胸がつかえる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	胸がつかえ	むねがつかえ	mune ga tsukae
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	胸がつかえ	むねがつかえ	mune ga tsukae
Shūshikei ("terminal")	胸がつかえる	むねがつかえる	mune ga tsukaeru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	胸がつかえる	むねがつかえる	mune ga tsukaeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	胸がつかえれ	むねがつかえれ	mune ga tsukaere
Meireikei ("imperative")	胸がつかえよ¹ 胸がつかえろ²	むねがつかえよ¹ むねがつかえろ²	mune ga tsukaeyo¹ mune ga tsukaero²
Key constructions
Passive	胸がつかえられる	むねがつかえられる	mune ga tsukaerareru
Causative	胸がつかえさせる 胸がつかえさす	むねがつかえさせる むねがつかえさす	mune ga tsukaesaseru mune ga tsukaesasu
Potential	胸がつかえられる 胸がつかえれる³	むねがつかえられる むねがつかえれる³	mune ga tsukaerareru mune ga tsukaereru³
Volitional	胸がつかえよう	むねがつかえよう	mune ga tsukaeyō
Negative	胸がつかえない 胸がつかえぬ 胸がつかえん	むねがつかえない むねがつかえぬ むねがつかえん	mune ga tsukaenai mune ga tsukaenu mune ga tsukaen
Negative continuative	胸がつかえず	むねがつかえず	mune ga tsukaezu
Formal	胸がつかえます	むねがつかえます	mune ga tsukaemasu
Perfective	胸がつかえた	むねがつかえた	mune ga tsukaeta
Conjunctive	胸がつかえて	むねがつかえて	mune ga tsukaete
Hypothetical conditional	胸がつかえれば	むねがつかえれば	mune ga tsukaereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential

Synonyms

• 胸(むね)が詰(つ)まる (mune ga tsumaru)
• 胸(むね)が塞(ふさ)がる (mune ga fusagaru)