JLPT N1 · Verb

歪む (yugamu)

歪む (ゆがむ, yugamu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to warp; to bend”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ゆがむ
Romaji: yugamu
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

to warp; to bend; to contort · godan verb, intransitive
to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted; to be cross-grained · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

苦痛で彼の顔が歪んでいる。

His face is distorted by pain.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 歪む

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	歪む	ゆがむ yugamu
Polite (~masu)	歪みます	ゆがみます yugamimasu
Negative	歪まない	ゆがまない yugamanai
Polite negative	歪みません	ゆがみません yugamimasen
Past	歪んだ	ゆがんだ yuganda
Polite past	歪みました	ゆがみました yugamimashita
Negative past	歪まなかった	ゆがまなかった yugamanakatta
Te-form	歪んで	ゆがんで yugande
Potential	歪める	ゆがめる yugameru
Passive	歪まれる	ゆがまれる yugamareru
Causative	歪ませる	ゆがませる yugamaseru
Volitional	歪もう	ゆがもう yugamou
Imperative	歪め	ゆがめ yugame
Conditional (~ba)	歪めば	ゆがめば yugameba

Kanji in 歪む

歪

warp, bend, strainedワイ・エ・いが.む・いびつ · 9 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1585360 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.