細る|ほそるhosoru[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. godan verb, intransitive verbto get thin; to taper off
Conjugation
Dictionary form細る(ほそる)
Polite (masu)細ります(ほそります)
Negative (nai)細らない(ほそらない)
polite (masen)細りません(ほそりません)
classical zu / nu細らず・細らぬ(ほそらず・ほそらぬ)
Past (ta)細った(ほそった)
polite (mashita)細りました(ほそりました)
Past negative (nakatta)細らなかった(ほそらなかった)
polite (masen deshita)細りませんでした(ほそりませんでした)
Te form細って(ほそって)
Potential細れる(ほそれる)
Passive細られる(ほそられる)
Causative細らせる(ほそらせる)
Causative passive細らせられる・細らされる(ほそらせられる・ほそらされる)
Conditional (ba)細れば(ほそれば)
tara細ったら(ほそったら)
Volitional細ろう(ほそろう)
polite (mashou)細りましょう(ほそりましょう)
Imperative細れ(ほそれ)

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

Transitive / intransitive pair
intransitive細るほそる⇄transitive細めるほそめる
声こえが細ほそる
声こえを細ほそめる
細る describes the subject itself becoming thin or weak, as in 声が細る; 細める indicates an agent deliberately making something thin, as in 声を細める.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 細ほそくなる、痩やせる。
  2. 勢いきおいなどが弱よわまる。
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