詰まる · godan verb (-ru)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 詰まる | 詰まらない |
| Polite | 詰まります | 詰まりません |
| Past polite | 詰まりました | 詰まりませんでした |
| Past | 詰まった | 詰まらなかった |
| Te-form | 詰まって | 詰まらないで |
| Desire | 詰まりたい | 詰まりたくない |
| Potential | 詰まれる | 詰まれない |
| Passive | 詰まられる | 詰まられない |
| Causative | 詰まらせる | 詰まらせない |
| Causative passive | 詰まらせられるalso 詰まらされる | 詰まらせられないalso 詰まらされない |
| Volitional | 詰まろう | |
| Polite volitional | 詰まりましょう | |
| Imperative | 詰まれ | 詰まるな |
| Conditional | 詰まれば | 詰まらなければ |
| Tara conditional | 詰まったら | 詰まらなかったら |
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
Describes a space, container, or schedule being completely filled or crowded. Often used with ～で or ～に.
会場は人で詰まっていた。
The venue was packed with people.
今週は予定が詰まっている。
My schedule is full this week.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
be blocked; be clogged; be stopped up
Used for physical obstructions in pipes, noses, drains, etc. Also for traffic jams.
風邪で鼻が詰まっている。
My nose is stuffed up from a cold.
排水口が詰まって水が流れない。
The drain is clogged and water won't flow.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
shrink; narrow; become shorter
Describes something becoming physically shorter or narrower, such as a distance, a piece of clothing, or a lifespan.
洗濯したらセーターが詰まってしまった。
The sweater shrank after washing.
期限が詰まってきた。
The deadline is getting close.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
be at a loss; be stuck; be pressed for
Often used in the pattern ～に詰まる to mean being stuck for words, ideas, money, etc. Implies running out of something needed.
返答に詰まって黙ってしまった。
I was at a loss for a reply and fell silent.
資金が詰まってプロジェクトが止まった。
We ran out of funds and the project stopped.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
Used in fixed expressions like 詰まるところ (in the end, after all). Rarely used alone in modern Japanese.
See also: つまるところ
詰まるところ、努力が足りなかったのだ。
In the end, it was a lack of effort.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
become a geminate consonant
Linguistic term: refers to a sound becoming a geminate (small っ) in Japanese phonology.
See also: 促音
「行く」の「く」が促音に詰まって「行った」になる。
The 'ku' in 'iku' becomes a geminate consonant, resulting in 'itta'.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
get jammed; hit off the fists
Baseball term: when a pitch is thrown inside and the batter hits the ball near the handle of the bat.
内角の速球に詰まらされて凡打に終わった。
He was jammed by an inside fastball and grounded out.
The drawer is packed full of old documents.
My schedule is packed this week, so I have no time to rest.
The drain pipe got clogged with hair.
The road is jammed because of an accident.
He gave up on the new business because he ran short of funds.
The shirt shrank shorter after I washed it.
詰まる describes something becoming clogged or jammed (like a pipe or throat), while 挟まる specifically means something is wedged between two separate things.
詰まる means something is blocked or packed tight, while 行き詰まる specifically describes progress, negotiations, or a path reaching a dead end.
込む (via its crowded sense) describes a place or vehicle being full of people, while 詰まる describes something being physically blocked or stuffed so tightly that nothing can move.
詰まる shares the kanji 詰 with 詰る but means to become blocked or clogged, an unrelated meaning from the reading つまる.
詰まる describes something becoming physically clogged or blocked, while 滞る is used more abstractly for delayed processes, work, or payments.
deadlock; stalemate; impasse
reach a dead end; come to a standstill; be stuck
that is; in other words; I mean · in short; basically; what it comes down to · clogging; blockage; obstruction · shrinkage; shortening · end; final conclusion · dead end; corner · distress; being at the end of one's rope
be emotionally moved; have a lump in one's throat
a little short; sawed-off
choking; stuffiness; suffocating atmosphere
breathtaking; stifling; suffocating
root crowding; root-bound condition
awkward; uncomfortable; constrained
boil down; reduce by boiling · reach an impasse; come to a standstill · approach a conclusion; be in the final stage
clogging; blockage; getting stuck
constipation