詰める
つめる
Meanings
- Ichidan verb, Transitive to stuff into; to jam; to cram; to pack; to fill; to plug; to stop up
- Ichidan verb, Transitive, Intransitive to shorten; to move closer together
- Ichidan verb, Transitive to reduce (spending); to conserve
- Ichidan verb, Transitive, Intransitive to focus intently on; to strain oneself to do (usu. as 根を詰める) See also: 根を詰める (こんをつめる).
- Ichidan verb, Transitive to go through thoroughly; to work out (details); to bring to a conclusion; to wind up
- Ichidan verb, Intransitive to be on duty; to be stationed
- Ichidan verb, Transitive to corner (esp. an opponent's king in shogi); to trap; to checkmate
- to cut off (one's finger as an act of apology); to catch (one's finger in a door, etc.) (the meaning "to catch one's finger" is predominantly used in Kansai) See also: 指を詰める (ゆびをつめる).
- Auxiliary verb, Ichidan verb to do non-stop; to do continuously; to keep doing (without a break)
- to do completely; to do thoroughly
- to force someone into a difficult situation by ...
Kanji
- 詰 pack. Read as つめる.
Example sentences
- 恐れ入りますが席をちょっとお詰めください。
Move over a little if you please. - 詰めなければいけません。
This tooth has to have a filling. - ボードが箱に歯抜けで入れられてるから、詰めていれれば、箱がもっと有効につかえるよ。
There are gaps between the boards in the box. If you fit them in snugly, you'll get more use out of the box. - ちょっとつめてもらえませんか。
Could you move over a little? - それらをその箱に詰めなさい。
Pack them in the box.
Common phrases
- 差を詰める
- 中に詰める
- 袋に詰める
- 距離を詰める (きょりをつめる) to shorten the distance (between)
- 箱に詰める
- 火薬を詰める
- 間合いを詰める
- 容器に詰める
- 点差を詰める
- 瓶に詰める (びんにつめる) to fill a bottle
- クリームを詰める
- 具材を詰める
- 綿を詰める
- 指を詰める (ゆびをつめる) to cut off a finger (as an act of apology)
- 詳細を詰める (しょうさいをつめる) to hammer out the details
Related forms
- 詰まる (つまる) to be packed (with) (intransitive partner)
Words containing 詰める
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