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潤む · godan verb (-mu)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	潤うるむ	潤うるまない
Polite	潤うるみます	潤うるみません
Past polite	潤うるみました	潤うるみませんでした
Past	潤うるんだ	潤うるまなかった
Te-form	潤うるんで	潤うるまないで
Desire	潤うるみたい	潤うるみたくない
Potential	潤うるめる	潤うるめない
Passive	潤うるまれる	潤うるまれない
Causative	潤うるませる	潤うるませない
Causative passive	潤うるませられるalso 潤うるまされる	潤うるませられないalso 潤うるまされない
Volitional	潤うるもう
Polite volitional	潤うるみましょう
Imperative	潤うるめ	潤うるむな
Conditional	潤うるめば	潤うるまなければ
Tara conditional	潤うるんだら	潤うるまなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-mu), intransitive verb

be wet with tears; be moist

Describes eyes or other things becoming wet or moist, often from tears or humidity.

彼かの女じょの目めが涙なみだで潤うるんでいた。
Her eyes were wet with tears.
雨あめで窓まどガラスが潤うるんでいる。
The windowpane is moist from the rain.

godan verb (-mu), intransitive verb

get dim; become blurred; get cloudy

Used for vision, light, or surfaces becoming unclear, hazy, or blurred, often due to moisture or emotion.

涙なみだで視し界かいが潤うるんだ。
My vision blurred with tears.
湯ゆ気げで鏡かがみが潤うるんで見みえにくい。
The mirror got cloudy from steam and is hard to see.

godan verb (-mu), intransitive verb

become tear-choked

Specifically of a voice becoming thick or choked with emotion, often from tears.

感かん謝しゃの言こと葉ばを述のべるうちに、彼かれの声こえが潤うるんできた。
As he expressed his gratitude, his voice became tear-choked.

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Usage patterns

目めが潤うるむone's eyes well up with tears
その話はなしを聞きいて、彼かの女じょの目めが潤うるんだ。
Her eyes welled up with tears when she heard the story.
声こえが潤うるむone's voice becomes choked with tears
感かん謝しゃの言こと葉ばを述のべる彼かれの声こえが潤うるんでいた。
His voice was choked with tears as he expressed his gratitude.
視し界かいが潤うるむone's vision becomes blurred (with tears or moisture)
涙なみだで視し界かいが潤うるんで、字じがよく見みえなかった。
My vision blurred with tears, and I couldn't see the letters well.
潤うるんだ声こえで〈動どう詞し〉to say/do something in a tear-choked voice
彼かの女じょは潤うるんだ声こえでお礼れいを言いった。
She thanked me in a voice thick with tears.

Kanji

潤wet, be watered, profit by

Related words

涙なみだぐむ sense 1
涙ぐむ specifically describes eyes welling up with tears, while 潤む is broader and can also describe blurred vision or a tear-choked voice.
濡ぬれるN4sense 1
濡れる means to get wet in general, while 潤む implies only a thin layer of moisture, especially from tears or condensation.
曇くもるN4sense 2
曇る means to become cloudy or overcast, often of weather or glass, while 潤む focuses on a moist, blurred effect rather than a foggy one.
霞かすむN1sense 2
霞む describes something becoming hazy or indistinct like mist, while 潤む specifically implies moisture, often tears, causing the blur.

Opposites

乾かわくN4sense 1
乾く means to dry out or lose moisture, the opposite of 潤む, which describes eyes or a voice becoming moist or tear-filled.

Don't confuse with

潤うるおうN1
潤う shares the same kanji as 潤む but means to become moist or enriched (often figuratively, like finances), whereas 潤む specifically describes eyes, vision, or a voice growing tearful or blurred.

Word family

潤うるみ
blur; moisture; opacity

Written forms

潤うるむUsage62%
Standard kanji spelling for all senses.
うるむUsage38%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the kanji is not needed.

Etymology

Derived from the adjective 潤い (うるおい, moisture) or related to the verb 潤う (うるおう, to be moist). The exact derivation is uncertain, but the kanji 潤 carries the meaning of moisture and richness.