萎む[しぼむ] (shibomu)
to wither,to fade (away),to shrivel,to wilt
- JLPT N2
- Godan verb
- Pitch 0
- #43364 most frequent
Meaning
しぼむ (shibomu) is a JLPT N2 vocabulary word meaning “to wither,to fade (away),to shrivel,to wilt”.
Example sentences 7
庭のバラがしぼんでしまった
The roses in the garden have withered.
花がしぼんだ。
The flowers withered up.
花は 切られるとすぐにしぼむ。
Flowers soon fade when they have been cut.
暑さ 続きでその 植物はしぼんでしまった。
The long spell of hot weather withered up the plants.
そして萎む花が匂いだけを残すかのように彼女は消え、夜明けの鐘とともに僧は目覚めるのだった。
Then she disappears like withering flower leaving only its scent behind, and the monk wakes up with the toll of dawn.
これを五衰(天人五衰)と称し、体が垢に塗れて悪臭を放ち、脇から汗が出て自分の居場所を好まなくなり、頭の上の花が萎む。
These changes are called Gosui (Tenjin Gosui) and when such changes occur, they stink with their body being covered in grime, they sweat from the underarms, they become less fond of the place where they reside and flowers on their heads wither.
第1の移動筒16のカメラ正面側には、レンズ鏡筒10が延び出すと空気が入れられて膨らみ、レンズ鏡筒10が後退すると空気が引き抜かれて萎むフード48が設けられている。
In the front side of the camera, the 1st movable barrel 16 is provided with a hood 48 which is swollen by air pressure when the lens barrel 10 begins to extend and is contracted by withdrawal of the air when the lens barrel 10 retreats.
Conjugation table
しぼむ is a godan verb (u-verb). Every major form with romaji:
| Form | Japanese | Romaji |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | しぼむ | shibomu |
| Negative | しぼまない | shibomanai |
| Past | しぼんだ | shibonda |
| Past negative | しぼまなかった | shibomanakatta |
| Polite (ます) | しぼみます | shibomimasu |
| Polite negative | しぼみません | shibomimasen |
| Polite past | しぼみました | shibomimashita |
| Polite past negative | しぼみませんでした | shibomimasendeshita |
| Te-form | しぼんで | shibonde |
| Conditional (ば) | しぼめば | shibomeba |
| Conditional (たら) | しぼんだら | shibondara |
| Potential | しぼめる | shibomeru |
| Passive | しぼまれる | shibomareru |
| Causative | しぼませる | shibomaseru |
| Causative-passive | しぼませられる | shibomaserareru |
| Volitional | しぼもう | shibomou |
| Volitional polite | しぼみましょう | shibomimashou |
| Imperative | しぼめ | shibome |
| Desire (たい) | しぼみたい | shibomitai |