"よどむ" meaning in Japanese

See よどむ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [jo̞do̞mɯ̟]
Head templates: {{ja-verb|type=1}} よどむ • (yodomu) godan (stem よどみ (yodomi), past よどんだ (yodonda)) Forms: yodomu [romanization], よどみ [stem], よどんだ [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], よどま [error-unrecognized-form], yodoma [error-unrecognized-form], よどみ [error-unrecognized-form], yodomi [error-unrecognized-form], よどむ [error-unrecognized-form], yodomu [error-unrecognized-form], よどめ [error-unrecognized-form], yodome [error-unrecognized-form], よどまれる [passive], yodomareru [passive], よどませる [causative], よどます [causative], yodomaseru [causative], yodomasu [causative], よどめる [potential], yodomeru [potential], よどもう [volitional], yodomō [volitional], よどまない [negative], yodomanai [negative], よどまず [continuative, negative], yodomazu [continuative, negative], よどみます [formal], yodomimasu [formal], よどんだ [perfective], yodonda [perfective], よどんで [conjunctive], yodonde [conjunctive], よどめば [conditional, hypothetical], yodomeba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. (of water) to stagnate
    Sense id: en-よどむ-ja-verb-8gXHSFKd Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -mu, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese verbs without transitivity, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -mu: 51 49 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 51 49 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 51 49 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 51 49 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49
  2. to hesitate, to falter
    Sense id: en-よどむ-ja-verb-BGWF6uFw Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -mu, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese verbs without transitivity, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -mu: 51 49 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 41 59 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 51 49 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 51 49 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 51 49 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: よどみ (yodomi)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    }
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    },
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      "form": "よどみ",
      "roman": "yodomi",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よどんだ",
      "roman": "yodonda",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-mu",
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        "inflection-template"
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    },
    {
      "form": "よどま",
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    },
    {
      "form": "yodoma",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よどみ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yodomi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よどむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yodomu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よどめ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yodome",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よどまれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yodomareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よどませる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よどます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yodomaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yodomasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よどめる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yodomeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よどもう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yodomō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よどまない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yodomanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よどまず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yodomazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よどみます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yodomimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よどんだ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yodonda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よどんで",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yodonde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よどめば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yodomeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
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  "lang": "Japanese",
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "(of water) to stagnate"
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      "glosses": [
        "to hesitate, to falter"
      ],
      "id": "en-よどむ-ja-verb-BGWF6uFw",
      "links": [
        [
          "hesitate",
          "hesitate"
        ],
        [
          "falter",
          "falter"
        ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "よどむ"
    },
    {
      "other": "よどむ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[jo̞do̞mɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "よどむ"
}

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    "Japanese godan verbs ending with -mu",
    "Japanese hiragana",
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    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "yodomi",
      "word": "よどみ"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "yodomu",
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        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よどみ",
      "roman": "yodomi",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よどんだ",
      "roman": "yodonda",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-mu",
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    },
    {
      "form": "よどま",
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      "form": "yodoma",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よどみ",
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      "form": "yodomi",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よどむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yodomu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よどめ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yodome",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よどまれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yodomareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よどませる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よどます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yodomaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yodomasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よどめる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yodomeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よどもう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yodomō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よどまない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yodomanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よどまず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yodomazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よどみます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yodomimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よどんだ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yodonda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "よどんで",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "yodonde",
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        "conjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "よどめば",
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        "conditional",
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      },
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      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "to stagnate"
      ],
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      ],
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        "to hesitate, to falter"
      ],
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          "hesitate",
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        ]
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    {
      "other": "よどむ"
    },
    {
      "other": "よどむ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[jo̞do̞mɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "よどむ"
}

Download raw JSONL data for よどむ meaning in Japanese (3.7kB)

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