細まる|ほそまるhosomaru

Definitions
  1. godan verb, intransitive verbto narrow (e.g. eyes)
Conjugation
Dictionary form細まる(ほそまる)
Polite (masu)細まります(ほそまります)
Negative (nai)細まらない(ほそまらない)
polite (masen)細まりません(ほそまりません)
classical zu / nu細まらず・細まらぬ(ほそまらず・ほそまらぬ)
Past (ta)細まった(ほそまった)
polite (mashita)細まりました(ほそまりました)
Past negative (nakatta)細まらなかった(ほそまらなかった)
polite (masen deshita)細まりませんでした(ほそまりませんでした)
Te form細まって(ほそまって)
Potential細まれる(ほそまれる)
Passive細まられる(ほそまられる)
Causative細まらせる(ほそまらせる)
Causative passive細まらせられる・細まらされる(ほそまらせられる・ほそまらされる)
Conditional (ba)細まれば(ほそまれば)
tara細まったら(ほそまったら)
Volitional細まろう(ほそまろう)
polite (mashou)細まりましょう(ほそまりましょう)
Imperative細まれ(ほそまれ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Transitive / intransitive pair
intransitive細まるほそまる⇄transitive細めるほそめる
目めが細ほそまる
細まる focuses on the event or resulting state, as in 目が細まる; 細める foregrounds the agent acting on something, as in 目を細める.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 目めなどが幅はばや広ひろさが小ちいさくなる。
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