萎(しぼ)む

しぼむ
verb (godan)
to wilt; to deflate; to shrivel
自動詞 intransitiveaction
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present萎(しぼ)む萎(しぼ)まない
Present polite萎(しぼ)みます萎(しぼ)みません
Past萎(しぼ)んだ萎(しぼ)まなかった
Past polite萎(しぼ)みました萎(しぼ)みませんでした
て form萎(しぼ)んで萎(しぼ)まなくて
ている present萎(しぼ)んでいる萎(しぼ)んでいない
ている polite萎(しぼ)んでいます萎(しぼ)んでいません
ている past萎(しぼ)んでいた萎(しぼ)んでいなかった
ている past polite萎(しぼ)んでいました萎(しぼ)んでいませんでした
Conditional ば萎(しぼ)めば萎(しぼ)まなければ
Conditional たら萎(しぼ)んだら萎(しぼ)まなかったら
Volitional萎(しぼ)もう—
Volitional polite萎(しぼ)みましょう—
Potential萎(しぼ)める萎(しぼ)めない
Passive萎(しぼ)まれる萎(しぼ)まれない
Causative萎(しぼ)ませる萎(しぼ)ませない
Imperative萎(しぼ)め萎(しぼ)むな
1. to wilt; to shrivel; to wither
For flowers or plants to lose freshness and droop.
花(はな)が萎(しぼ)んでしまった。
The flowers have wilted.
If you don't water them, the flowers will wilt quickly.
The vegetables in the garden wilted from the heat.
2. to deflate; to go flat
For something inflated to lose air and become smaller.
風船(ふうせん)が萎(しぼ)んだ。
The balloon deflated.
タイヤが萎(しぼ)んでいた。
The tire was flat.
The balloon the child was holding had already deflated by the next day.
3. to dwindle; to fade (abstract)
For enthusiasm, hopes, or spirits to diminish.
期待(きたい)が萎(しぼ)んだ。
My expectations faded.
Abstract usage
I was motivated in the morning, but by the afternoon my spirits had deflated.
After hearing the results, everyone's enthusiasm deflated all at once.

萎(しぼ)む describes something losing its fullness — flowers wilting, balloons deflating, or spirits fading.

Transitivity

ASPECT (ている):
萎(しぼ)んでいる describes the resulting state: the flower has already wilted, the balloon is already flat.

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