強まる|つよまるtsuyomaru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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- godan verb, intransitive verbto get strong; to gain strength
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 強まる(つよまる) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 強まります(つよまります) |
| Negative (nai) | 強まらない(つよまらない) |
| polite (masen) | 強まりません(つよまりません) |
| classical zu / nu | 強まらず・強まらぬ(つよまらず・つよまらぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 強まった(つよまった) |
| polite (mashita) | 強まりました(つよまりました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 強まらなかった(つよまらなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 強まりませんでした(つよまりませんでした) |
| Te form | 強まって(つよまって) |
| Potential | 強まれる(つよまれる) |
| Passive | 強まられる(つよまられる) |
| Causative | 強まらせる(つよまらせる) |
| Causative passive | 強まらせられる・強まらされる(つよまらせられる・つよまらされる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 強まれば(つよまれば) |
| tara | 強まったら(つよまったら) |
| Volitional | 強まろう(つよまろう) |
| polite (mashou) | 強まりましょう(つよまりましょう) |
| Imperative | 強まれ(つよまれ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
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- Related深まるふかまるNeutralMeans to deepen, as in 「理解が深まる」 or 「秋が深まる」; it stresses degree getting deeper, while 「強まる」 stresses strength or intensity building up.
- Related深化しんかWrittenWritten/formal; a noun for deepening, as in 「関係の深化」; leans abstract.
- Related高じるこうじるWrittenWritten/formal: an illness or fondness grows more intense, as in 「趣味が高じて」; it suggests something has developed too far.
- Related高ずるこうずるWrittenWritten/formal; an older, literary form of 「高じる」 with the same meaning.
- Antonym弱まるよわまるNeutralMeans to weaken or abate — the direct opposite of 「強まる」, as in 「風が弱まる」.
- Antonym衰えるおとろえるNeutralMeans to decline or fade; the opposite of 「強まる」, which is about strength building up.
Use 「強まる」 for wind, rain, influence, or criticism gradually building, as in 「風が強まる」 and 「批判が強まる」. For the transitive, say 「強める」; for deepening, 「深まる」; for intensifying past a point, 「高じる」; the opposite is 「弱まる」.
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