Godan verb (む)

縮むちぢむ

chijimu

to shrink · N2

縮む (ちぢむ, chijimu) — to shrink — is a godan verb ending in む: 縮んで (te-form), 縮んだ (past), 縮まない (negative), 縮みます (polite).

It also means to contract; to diminish.

How 縮む conjugates · godan む-verb

Only the last kana changes: む becomes ま, み, め or も.

Which one depends on the ending. The five are one line of the hiragana chart — same consonant, vowels あ・い・う・え・お — and everything before that kana never changes.

ま縮まないnegative

み縮みますpolite present

む縮むdictionary form

め縮めるpotential縮めばif

も縮もうvolitional

The て and た forms · む → んで, んだん縮んでte-form縮んだpast

The て and た forms are the only two that don't follow this pattern. Every む-, ぶ- and ぬ-verb has the same んで there.

N1 N tags give the JLPT level at which the game starts quizzing a form.

Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.

PLAIN

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present	縮むちぢむ chijimu
past It shrank.	縮んだちぢんだ chijinda
negative It doesn't shrink.	縮まないちぢまない chijimanai
te-form It shrinks and …	縮んでちぢんで chijinde
past negative It didn't shrink.	縮まなかったちぢまなかった chijimanakatta
volitional	縮もうちぢもう chijimou
potential	縮めるちぢめる chijimeru
cond. ば If it shrinks, ...	縮めばちぢめば chijimeba
cond. たら When it shrinks, ...	縮んだらちぢんだら chijindara
passive	縮まれるちぢまれる chijimareru
causative I make it shrink.	縮ませるちぢませる chijimaseru
imperative N1	縮めちぢめ chijime

POLITE

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present	縮みますちぢみます chijimimasu
past It shrank.	縮みましたちぢみました chijimimashita
negative It doesn't shrink.	縮みませんちぢみません chijimimasen
past negative It didn't shrink.	縮みませんでしたちぢみませんでした chijimimasendeshita
volitional	縮みましょうちぢみましょう chijimimashou

ASPECT

Form	Conjugation	Audio
ている It has shrunk.	縮んでいるちぢんでいる chijindeiru
ていた It had shrunk.	縮んでいたちぢんでいた chijindeita
ています It has shrunk.	縮んでいますちぢんでいます chijindeimasu
ていました It had shrunk.	縮んでいましたちぢんでいました chijindeimashita