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.

N5 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 N5	しぼむ萎む shibomu
past N5 It wilted.	しぼんだ萎んだ shibonda
negative N5 It doesn't wilt.	しぼまない萎まない shibomanai
te-form N5 It wilts and …	しぼんで萎んで shibonde
past negative N4	しぼまなかった萎まなかった shibomanakatta
volitional N4	しぼもう萎もう shibomou
potential N3	しぼめる萎める shibomeru
cond. ば N3 If it wilts, ...	しぼめば萎めば shibomeba
cond. たら N3 When it wilts, ...	しぼんだら萎んだら shibondara
passive N2	しぼまれる萎まれる shibomareru
causative N2 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 N5	しぼみます萎みます shibomimasu
past N5 It wilted.	しぼみました萎みました shibomimashita
negative N5 It doesn't wilt.	しぼみません萎みません shibomimasen
past negative N4	しぼみませんでした萎みませんでした shibomimasendeshita
volitional N4	しぼみましょう萎みましょう shibomimashou

ASPECT

Form	Conjugation	Audio
ている N4 It's wilted.	しぼんでいる萎んでいる shibondeiru
ていた N4 It had wilted.	しぼんでいた萎んでいた shibondeita
ています N4 It's wilted.	しぼんでいます萎んでいます shibondeimasu
ていました N4 It had wilted.	しぼんでいました萎んでいました shibondeimashita