I Love Kanji編む (amu)
編む (あむ, amu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to knit; to plait”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- あむ
- Romaji
- amu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to knit; to plait; to braid · godan verb, transitive
- to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 編む
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 | 編む | あむ amu |
| Polite (~masu) | 編みます | あみます amimasu |
| Negative | 編まない | あまない amanai |
| Polite negative | 編みません | あみません amimasen |
| Past | 編んだ | あんだ anda |
| Polite past | 編みました | あみました amimashita |
| Negative past | 編まなかった | あまなかった amanakatta |
| Te-form | 編んで | あんで ande |
| Potential | 編める | あめる ameru |
| Passive | 編まれる | あまれる amareru |
| Causative | 編ませる | あませる amaseru |
| Volitional | 編もう | あもう amou |
| Imperative | 編め | あめ ame |
| Conditional (~ba) | 編めば | あめば ameba |
Kanji in 編む
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 編む.
Source: JMdict entry 1511950 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.