詰める (つめる) : pack; shorten — JLPT N3

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THE WORD · N3

詰めるつめる

pack; shorten

Verbe · Assistant · Group 2 verb

彼かれはびんに水みずを詰めつめた。

It fills the bottle with water.

Example: Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Japanese: bunbuku · French : Julien_PDC

Parts of speech

Group 2 verb (ichidan) · Transitive · Intransitive · Auxiliary verb

The dictionary may associate several parts of speech with different meanings of the same word.

Verb group: Group 2 (ichidan)

Verb usage: transitive and intransitive (as per meaning)

English dictionary meanings

to stuff into
to jam
to cram
to pack
to fill
to plug
to stop up
to shorten
to move closer together
to reduce (spending)
to conserve
to focus intently on
to strain oneself to do
to go through thoroughly
to work out (details)
to bring to a conclusion
to wind up
to be on duty
to be stationed
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.)
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 ...

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詰めるつめる

Parts of speech

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