Godan verb (む)
滲むにじむ
nijimu滲む (にじむ, nijimu) — to run — is a godan verb ending in む: にじんで (te-form), にじんだ (past), にじまない (negative), にじみます (polite).
It is usually written in kana: にじむ rather than 滲む. It also means to spread; to bleed.
How にじむ 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.
まにじまないnegative
みにじみますpolite present
むにじむdictionary form
めにじめるpotentialにじめばif
もにじもうvolitional
The て and た forms · む → んで, んだ
んにじんでte-formにじんだ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.
Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | にじむ 滲む nijimu | |
| past It seeped through. | にじんだ 滲んだ nijinda | |
| negative It doesn't seep through. | にじまない 滲まない nijimanai | |
| te-form It seeps through and … | にじんで 滲んで nijinde | |
| past negative It didn't seep through. | にじまなかった 滲まなかった nijimanakatta | |
| volitional | にじもう 滲もう nijimou | |
| potential | にじめる 滲める nijimeru | |
| cond. ば If it seeps through, ... | にじめば 滲めば nijimeba | |
| cond. たら | にじんだら 滲んだら nijindara | |
| passive | にじまれる 滲まれる nijimareru | |
| causative I let it seep through. | にじませる 滲ませる nijimaseru | |
| imperative | にじめ 滲め nijime |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | にじみます 滲みます nijimimasu | |
| past It seeped through. | にじみました 滲みました nijimimashita | |
| negative It doesn't seep through. | にじみません 滲みません nijimimasen | |
| past negative It didn't seep through. | にじみませんでした 滲みませんでした nijimimasendeshita | |
| volitional | にじみましょう 滲みましょう nijimimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている It's seeping through. | にじんでいる 滲んでいる nijindeiru | |
| ていた It was seeping through. | にじんでいた 滲んでいた nijindeita | |
| ています It's seeping through. | にじんでいます 滲んでいます nijindeimasu | |
| ていました It was seeping through. | にじんでいました 滲んでいました nijindeimashita |