込む（こむ）
JLPT N3 · Godan verb (Group 1)
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: to be crowded
Conjugation
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| masu-form (polite) | 込みます | こみます |
| te-form | 込んで | こんで |
| ta-form (past) | 込んだ | こんだ |
| nai-form (negative) | 込まない | こまない |
| potential form | 込める | こめる |
Example sentences
- 連休の道路はとても込む。 — The roads get really crowded during the long holiday.
- この時間の電車は込んでいる。 — The train is crowded at this hour.
Idioms & proverbs containing “込む”
- 洞ヶ峠を決め込む (ほらがとうげをきめこむ) — to wait for a good opportunity; to come down on the right side of the fence; to see which way the cat jumps; to wait and see at Horagatoge
- 無理が通れば道理が引っ込む (むりがとおればどうりがひっこむ) — where might is master, justice is servant
- 手が込む (てがこむ) — to be intricate; to be elaborate; to be complicated; to be complex
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See it used in real works
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