JLPT N2 · Verb

詰まる (tsumaru)

詰まる (つまる, tsumaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be packed (with); to be filled”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: つまる
Romaji: tsumaru
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

to be packed (with); to be filled; to be full (e.g. of a schedule) · godan verb, intransitive
to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be stopped up · godan verb, intransitive
to be become shorter; to shrink; to narrow · godan verb, intransitive
to be at a loss (for); to be pressed (for); to be stuck (for) · godan verb, intransitive · oft. as ...に詰まる
to come to the end; to be settled · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

のどが詰まった感じです。

My throat feels clogged up.

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

Conjugation of 詰まる

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	詰まる	つまる tsumaru
Polite (~masu)	詰まります	つまります tsumarimasu
Negative	詰まらない	つまらない tsumaranai
Polite negative	詰まりません	つまりません tsumarimasen
Past	詰まった	つまった tsumatta
Polite past	詰まりました	つまりました tsumarimashita
Negative past	詰まらなかった	つまらなかった tsumaranakatta
Te-form	詰まって	つまって tsumatte
Potential	詰まれる	つまれる tsumareru
Passive	詰まられる	つまられる tsumarareru
Causative	詰まらせる	つまらせる tsumaraseru
Volitional	詰まろう	つまろう tsumarou
Imperative	詰まれ	つまれ tsumare
Conditional (~ba)	詰まれば	つまれば tsumareba

Kanji in 詰まる

詰

packed, close, pressedキツ・キチ・つ.める・つ.め · 13 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 詰まる.

詰めるつめるto stuff into缶詰かんづめcanned food瓶詰びんづめbottling見詰めるみつめるto stare (at)詰るなじるto rebuke

Source: JMdict entry 1226480 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.