I Love Kanji口吟む (kuchizusamu)
口吟む (くちずさむ, kuchizusamu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists.
- Reading
- くちずさむ
- Romaji
- kuchizusamu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
母は台所でせっせと料理しながら歌を口ずさんでいた。
Mother hummed to herself as she went about her cooking in the kitchen.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 口吟む
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 口吟む | くちずさむ kuchizusamu |
| Polite (~masu) | 口吟みます | くちずさみます kuchizusamimasu |
| Negative | 口吟まない | くちずさまない kuchizusamanai |
| Polite negative | 口吟みません | くちずさみません kuchizusamimasen |
| Past | 口吟んだ | くちずさんだ kuchizusanda |
| Polite past | 口吟みました | くちずさみました kuchizusamimashita |
| Negative past | 口吟まなかった | くちずさまなかった kuchizusamanakatta |
| Te-form | 口吟んで | くちずさんで kuchizusande |
| Potential | 口吟める | くちずさめる kuchizusameru |
| Passive | 口吟まれる | くちずさまれる kuchizusamareru |
| Causative | 口吟ませる | くちずさませる kuchizusamaseru |
| Volitional | 口吟もう | くちずさもう kuchizusamou |
| Imperative | 口吟め | くちずさめ kuchizusame |
| Conditional (~ba) | 口吟めば | くちずさめば kuchizusameba |
Kanji in 口吟む
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Source: JMdict entry 1275720 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.