Godan verb (む)

萎むしぼむ

shibomu

to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.) · N2

萎む (しぼむ, shibomu) — to wither — is a godan verb ending in む: しぼんで (te-form), しぼんだ (past), しぼまない (negative), しぼみます (polite).

It is usually written in kana: しぼむ rather than 萎む. It also means to wilt; to droop.

How しぼむ 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.

ましぼまないnegative

みしぼみますpolite present

むしぼむdictionary form

めしぼめるpotentialしぼめばif

もしぼもうvolitional

The て and た forms · む → んで, んだんしぼんでte-formしぼんだ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	しぼむ萎む shibomu
past It wilted.	しぼんだ萎んだ shibonda
negative It doesn't wilt.	しぼまない萎まない shibomanai
te-form It wilts and …	しぼんで萎んで shibonde
past negative	しぼまなかった萎まなかった shibomanakatta
volitional	しぼもう萎もう shibomou
potential	しぼめる萎める shibomeru
cond. ば If it wilts, ...	しぼめば萎めば shibomeba
cond. たら When it wilts, ...	しぼんだら萎んだら shibondara
passive	しぼまれる萎まれる shibomareru
causative I let it wilt.	しぼませる萎ませる shibomaseru
imperative N1	しぼめ萎め shibome

POLITE

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present	しぼみます萎みます shibomimasu
past It wilted.	しぼみました萎みました shibomimashita
negative It doesn't wilt.	しぼみません萎みません shibomimasen
past negative	しぼみませんでした萎みませんでした shibomimasendeshita
volitional	しぼみましょう萎みましょう shibomimashou

ASPECT

Form	Conjugation	Audio
ている It's wilted.	しぼんでいる萎んでいる shibondeiru
ていた It had wilted.	しぼんでいた萎んでいた shibondeita
ています It's wilted.	しぼんでいます萎んでいます shibondeimasu
ていました It had wilted.	しぼんでいました萎んでいました shibondeimashita