引き締める

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2

Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きしめ [hìkíshíméꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])
  • IPA(key): [çikʲiɕime̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

()()める • (hikishimerutransitive ichidan (stem ()() (hikishime), past ()()めた (hikishimeta))

  1. tighten
  2. mentally strain
    ()()()める
    ki o hikishimeru
    get focused

Conjugation