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包む[くるむ] (kurumu)

to wrap up, to envelop, to cover

  • JLPT N2
  • Godan verb
  • Pitch 2
  • #3762 most frequent

Meaning

くるむ (kurumu) is a JLPT N2 vocabulary word meaning “to wrap up, to envelop, to cover”.

Example sentences 3

彼女かのじょは赤ん坊あかんぼうを毛布もうふでくるんだ

She wrapped her baby in a blanket.

突起を外側にして包む。

Wrap with the protrusions on the outside.

それをシュウマイの皮で包む。

Wrap that in the shumai skin.

Conjugation table

くるむ is a godan verb (u-verb). Every major form with romaji:

FormJapaneseRomaji
Dictionaryくるむkurumu
Negativeくるまないkurumanai
Pastくるんだkurunda
Past negativeくるまなかったkurumanakatta
Polite (ます)くるみますkurumimasu
Polite negativeくるみませんkurumimasen
Polite pastくるみましたkurumimashita
Polite past negativeくるみませんでしたkurumimasendeshita
Te-formくるんでkurunde
Conditional (ば)くるめばkurumeba
Conditional (たら)くるんだらkurundara
Potentialくるめるkurumeru
Passiveくるまれるkurumareru
Causativeくるませるkurumaseru
Causative-passiveくるませられるkurumaserareru
Volitionalくるもうkurumou
Volitional politeくるみましょうkurumimashou
Imperativeくるめkurume
Desire (たい)くるみたいkurumitai

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