Japanese edit

Etymology edit

Kanji in this term
ゆる
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
弛む

From (ゆる) (yurui, loose) + (mu, -ize; -en, verbal suffix).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [jɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝmɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "緩む"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
緩む [yùrúꜜmù]
Imperative (命令形) 緩め [yùrúꜜmè]
Key constructions
Passive 緩まれる るまれ [yùrúmáréꜜrù]
Causative 緩ませる るませ [yùrúmáséꜜrù]
Potential - - -
Volitional 緩もう るも [yùrúmóꜜò]
Negative 緩まない るまない [yùrúmáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 緩まなかった るまなかった [yùrúmáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 緩みます るみま [yùrúmímáꜜsù]
Perfective 緩んだ んだ [yùrúꜜǹdà]
Conjunctive 緩んで んで [yùrúꜜǹdè]
Hypothetical conditional 緩めば めば [yùrúꜜmèbà]

Verb edit

(ゆる) (yurumuintransitive godan (stem (ゆる) (yurumi), past (ゆる)んだ (yurunda))

Japanese verb pair
active 緩める
mediopassive 緩む
  1. slacken, become loose
  2. become lax
  3. soften
  4. slow
  5. thin
  6. relax, let one's guard down
    ちょっと()(ゆる)んでいた(おも)
    Chotto, ki ga yurunde ita to omou.
    I think I let my guard down a little bit.

Conjugation edit