"足がすくむ" meaning in Japanese

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Verb

Etymology: 足 + が + 竦む Etymology templates: {{com|ja|足|が|竦む}} 足 + が + 竦む Head templates: {{ja-verb|あし が すくむ|type=1}} 足(あし)がすくむ • (ashi ga sukumu) godan (stem 足(あし)がすくみ (ashi ga sukumi), past 足(あし)がすくんだ (ashi ga sukunda)) Forms: 足がすくむ [canonical] (ruby: (あし)), ashi ga sukumu [romanization], 足がすくみ [stem] (ruby: (あし)), 足がすくんだ [past] (ruby: (あし)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 足がすくま [error-unrecognized-form], あしがすくま [error-unrecognized-form], ashi ga sukuma [error-unrecognized-form], 足がすくみ [error-unrecognized-form], あしがすくみ [error-unrecognized-form], ashi ga sukumi [error-unrecognized-form], 足がすくむ [error-unrecognized-form], あしがすくむ [error-unrecognized-form], ashi ga sukumu [error-unrecognized-form], 足がすくめ [error-unrecognized-form], あしがすくめ [error-unrecognized-form], ashi ga sukume [error-unrecognized-form], 足がすくまれる [passive], あしがすくまれる [passive], ashi ga sukumareru [passive], 足がすくませる [causative], 足がすくます [causative], あしがすくませる [causative], あしがすくます [causative], ashi ga sukumaseru [causative], ashi ga sukumasu [causative], 足がすくめる [potential], あしがすくめる [potential], ashi ga sukumeru [potential], 足がすくもう [volitional], あしがすくもう [volitional], ashi ga sukumō [volitional], 足がすくまない [negative], あしがすくまない [negative], ashi ga sukumanai [negative], 足がすくまず [continuative, negative], あしがすくまず [continuative, negative], ashi ga sukumazu [continuative, negative], 足がすくみます [formal], あしがすくみます [formal], ashi ga sukumimasu [formal], 足がすくんだ [perfective], あしがすくんだ [perfective], ashi ga sukunda [perfective], 足がすくんで [conjunctive], あしがすくんで [conjunctive], ashi ga sukunde [conjunctive], 足がすくめば [conditional, hypothetical], あしがすくめば [conditional, hypothetical], ashi ga sukumeba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. (idiomatic) to be unable to move (from fear) Tags: idiomatic
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      "form": "ja-go-mu",
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      "form": "足がすくま",
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      "form": "足がすくめ",
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      "form": "あしがすくめ",
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    {
      "form": "ashi ga sukume",
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    {
      "form": "足がすくまれる",
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      "form": "あしがすくまれる",
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      "form": "ashi ga sukumareru",
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    {
      "form": "足がすくませる",
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      "form": "あしがすくます",
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    },
    {
      "form": "ashi ga sukumaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ashi ga sukumasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "足がすくめる",
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "あしがすくめる",
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    },
    {
      "form": "ashi ga sukumeru",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "足がすくもう",
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    },
    {
      "form": "あしがすくもう",
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "ashi ga sukumō",
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      "form": "足がすくまない",
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    {
      "form": "あしがすくまない",
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    },
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      "form": "ashi ga sukumanai",
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        "negative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "足がすくまず",
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    {
      "form": "あしがすくまず",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ashi ga sukumazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "足がすくみます",
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      ]
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      "form": "あしがすくみます",
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      "form": "ashi ga sukumimasu",
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      ]
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      "form": "足がすくんだ",
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      "form": "ashi ga sukunda",
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      "form": "足がすくんで",
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      "form": "あしがすくんで",
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      "form": "ashi ga sukunde",
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      "form": "ashi ga sukumeba",
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        "to be unable to move (from fear)"
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        "(idiomatic) to be unable to move (from fear)"
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      "form": "足がすくま",
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      "form": "ashi ga sukuma",
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      "form": "足がすくみ",
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      "form": "あしがすくみ",
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      "form": "ashi ga sukumi",
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    {
      "form": "足がすくむ",
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    {
      "form": "あしがすくむ",
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      "form": "ashi ga sukumu",
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    {
      "form": "足がすくめ",
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    {
      "form": "あしがすくめ",
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      "form": "ashi ga sukume",
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    {
      "form": "足がすくまれる",
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    {
      "form": "あしがすくまれる",
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      "form": "ashi ga sukumareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "足がすくませる",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "足がすくます",
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    {
      "form": "あしがすくませる",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "causative"
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      "form": "あしがすくます",
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      "form": "ashi ga sukumaseru",
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      "form": "ashi ga sukumasu",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "足がすくめる",
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    },
    {
      "form": "あしがすくめる",
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        "potential"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ashi ga sukumeru",
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      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "足がすくもう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あしがすくもう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ashi ga sukumō",
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      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "足がすくまない",
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      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あしがすくまない",
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        "negative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ashi ga sukumanai",
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        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "足がすくまず",
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        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "あしがすくまず",
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      "form": "足がすくみます",
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    {
      "form": "あしがすくみます",
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      "form": "ashi ga sukumimasu",
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      "form": "足がすくんだ",
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    {
      "form": "あしがすくんだ",
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      "form": "ashi ga sukunda",
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    {
      "form": "足がすくんで",
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    {
      "form": "あしがすくんで",
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      "form": "ashi ga sukunde",
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      "form": "足がすくめば",
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      "form": "ashi ga sukumeba",
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      "name": "ja-verb"
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  "lang": "Japanese",
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        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
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        "to be unable to move (from fear)"
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) to be unable to move (from fear)"
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
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  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for 足がすくむ meaning in Japanese (5.5kB)

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
  "path": [
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  ],
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  "title": "足がすくむ",
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  "path": [
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  ],
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  "title": "足がすくむ",
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}

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  "title": "足がすくむ",
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}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
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  "title": "足がすくむ",
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}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-04 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-02 using wiktextract (a681f8a and 3c020d2). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.