ぬかるむ
ぬかるむ
verb
to become muddy; to turn into a quagmire
Conjugation
| Affirmative | Negative | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | ぬかるむ | ぬかるまない |
| Present polite | ぬかるみます | ぬかるみません |
| Past | ぬかるんだ | ぬかるまなかった |
| Past polite | ぬかるみました | ぬかるみませんでした |
| て form | ぬかるんで | ぬかるまなくて |
| ている present | ぬかるんでいる | ぬかるんでいない |
| ている polite | ぬかるんでいます | ぬかるんでいません |
| ている past | ぬかるんでいた | ぬかるんでいなかった |
| ている past polite | ぬかるんでいました | ぬかるんでいませんでした |
| Conditional ば | ぬかるめば | ぬかるまなければ |
| Conditional たら | ぬかるんだら | ぬかるまなかったら |
| Volitional | ぬかるもう | — |
| Volitional polite | ぬかるみましょう | — |
| Potential | ぬかるめる | ぬかるめない |
| Passive | ぬかるまれる | ぬかるまれない |
| Causative | ぬかるませる | ぬかるませない |
| Imperative | ぬかるめ | ぬかるむな |
1.
to become muddy; to turn into a quagmire
Describes the ground becoming soft and muddy, typically from rain or water saturation. The ground loses firmness and becomes difficult to walk on.
道がぬかるんでいる。
The road is muddy.
雨で庭がぬかるんで歩きにくい。
The garden is muddy from the rain and hard to walk through.
長雨が続いて田んぼの周りの道がひどくぬかるんでしまった。
The paths around the rice paddies became terribly muddy after the prolonged rain.
Describes the state of ground that has absorbed water and become soft, squishy, and difficult to traverse. Almost always used about outdoor surfaces like roads, paths, fields, and gardens. Most commonly encountered in the ている form (ぬかるんでいる) to describe the resulting muddy state.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 道がぬかるむ: the road becomes muddy
- 地面がぬかるむ: the ground becomes muddy
- 足元がぬかるむ: the footing becomes muddy
- ぬかるんだ道: a muddy road
RELATED WORDS:
- ぬかるみ: mud; muddy place (the noun form)
- 泥: mud
- 泥濘: muddy ground (literary/formal spelling of ぬかるみ)