I Love Kanji畳む (tatamu)
畳む (たたむ, tatamu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to fold (clothes, umbrella)”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- たたむ
- Romaji
- tatamu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to fold (clothes, umbrella) · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
- to close (a shop, business) · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
- to vacate · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
Example sentences
彼女はタオルをきれいにたたみ、それを物入れに仕舞った。
She folded up the towels and put them away in the cupboard.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 畳む
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 | 畳む | たたむ tatamu |
| Polite (~masu) | 畳みます | たたみます tatamimasu |
| Negative | 畳まない | たたまない tatamanai |
| Polite negative | 畳みません | たたみません tatamimasen |
| Past | 畳んだ | たたんだ tatanda |
| Polite past | 畳みました | たたみました tatamimashita |
| Negative past | 畳まなかった | たたまなかった tatamanakatta |
| Te-form | 畳んで | たたんで tatande |
| Potential | 畳める | たためる tatameru |
| Passive | 畳まれる | たたまれる tatamareru |
| Causative | 畳ませる | たたませる tatamaseru |
| Volitional | 畳もう | たたもう tatamou |
| Imperative | 畳め | たため tatame |
| Conditional (~ba) | 畳めば | たためば tatameba |
Kanji in 畳む
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 畳む.
畳たたみtatami mat畳じょうtatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
Source: JMdict entry 1356780 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.