細める|ほそめるhosomeru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. ichidan verb, transitive verbto make narrow
Conjugation
Dictionary form細める(ほそめる)
Polite (masu)細めます(ほそめます)
Negative (nai)細めない(ほそめない)
polite (masen)細めません(ほそめません)
classical zu / nu細めず・細めぬ(ほそめず・ほそめぬ)
Past (ta)細めた(ほそめた)
polite (mashita)細めました(ほそめました)
Past negative (nakatta)細めなかった(ほそめなかった)
polite (masen deshita)細めませんでした(ほそめませんでした)
Te form細めて(ほそめて)
Potential細められる(ほそめられる)
Passive細められる(ほそめられる)
Causative細めさせる(ほそめさせる)
Causative passive細めさせられる(ほそめさせられる)
Conditional (ba)細めれば(ほそめれば)
tara細めたら(ほそめたら)
Volitional細めよう(ほそめよう)
polite (mashou)細めましょう(ほそめましょう)
Imperative細めろ(ほそめろ)

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

Transitive / intransitive pair
transitive細めるほそめる⇄intransitive細まるほそまる
目めを細ほそめる
As an intransitive verb, 細まる emphasizes the event or resulting state of 目, as in 目が細まる; as a transitive verb, 細める foregrounds the agent acting on 目, as in 目を細める.
transitive細めるほそめる⇄intransitive細るほそる
声こえが細ほそる
声こえを細ほそめる
As an intransitive verb, 細る emphasizes the event or resulting state of 声, as in 声が細る; as a transitive verb, 細める foregrounds the agent acting on 声, as in 声を細める.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 細ほそくする。
  2. 勢いきおいを小ちいさくする。弱よわめる。ひそめる。
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