Godan verb (む)

緩むゆるむ

yurumu

to become loose · N1

緩む (ゆるむ, yurumu) — to become loose — is a godan verb ending in む: 緩んで (te-form), 緩んだ (past), 緩まない (negative), 緩みます (polite).

It also means to slacken.

How 緩む 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.

ま緩まないnegative

み緩みますpolite present

む緩むdictionary form

め緩めるpotential緩めばif

も緩もうvolitional

The て and た forms · む → んで, んだん緩んでte-form緩んだ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	緩むゆるむ yurumu
past N5 It came loose.	緩んだゆるんだ yurunda
negative N5 It doesn't come loose.	緩まないゆるまない yurumanai
te-form N5 It loosens up and …	緩んでゆるんで yurunde
past negative N4 It didn't come loose.	緩まなかったゆるまなかった yurumanakatta
volitional N4	緩もうゆるもう yurumou
potential N3	緩めるゆるめる yurumeru
cond. ば N3 If it comes loose, ...	緩めばゆるめば yurumeba
cond. たら N3 When it comes loose, ...	緩んだらゆるんだら yurundara
passive N2	緩まれるゆるまれる yurumareru
causative N2 I let it come loose.	緩ませるゆるませる yurumaseru
imperative N1 Loosen up!	緩めゆるめ yurume

POLITE

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present N5	緩みますゆるみます yurumimasu
past N5 It came loose.	緩みましたゆるみました yurumimashita
negative N5 It doesn't come loose.	緩みませんゆるみません yurumimasen
past negative N4 It didn't come loose.	緩みませんでしたゆるみませんでした yurumimasendeshita
volitional N4	緩みましょうゆるみましょう yurumimashou

ASPECT

Form	Conjugation	Audio
ている N4 It's loose.	緩んでいるゆるんでいる yurundeiru
ていた N4 It was loose.	緩んでいたゆるんでいた yurundeita
ています N4 It's loose.	緩んでいますゆるんでいます yurundeimasu
ていました N4 It was loose.	緩んでいましたゆるんでいました yurundeimashita