1.
to be crowded, to be congested
For a place to be full of people or things; to be packed.
週末は道が混む。
The roads get congested on weekends.
電車がとても混んでいる。
The train is very crowded.
このレストランはいつも混んでいる。
This restaurant is always crowded.
混む is an intransitive verb (自動詞) describing a crowded state.
TRANSITIVITY:
- Type: Intransitive (自動詞)
- No direct transitive pair
- Pattern: [place]が混む
ASPECT (ている):
- 混んでいる = is crowded (state, not action)
- This is one of the verbs where ている indicates a state result
COMMON PATTERNS:
- 電車が混む (train is crowded)
- 道が混む (road is congested)
- 店が混む (shop is crowded)
COMPOUND VERBS:
- 込み合う (to be packed together)
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 空く: to become empty (opposite)
- 空いている: not crowded (opposite state)
Related Words
Antonym:
すく (to be empty)