のめりこむ

のめりこむ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
のめり込む

Etymology

From のめり (nomeri, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb のめる.”) + 込(こ)む (komu).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) のめりこ​む [nòméríkóꜜmù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
• (Tokyo) のめりこむ [nòméríkómú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [no̞me̞ɾʲiko̞mɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

のめりこむ • (nomerikomu) ^{←のめりこむ (nomerikomu)?} godan (stem のめりこみ (nomerikomi), past のめりこんだ (nomerikonda))

1. to fall forwards and enter
2. (figuratively) to be trapped by a matter

   ギャンブルにのめり込(こ)む

   gyanburu ni nomerikomu

   to be stuck in gambling

Conjugation

Conjugation of "のめりこむ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	のめりこま	nomerikoma
Continuative (連用形)	のめりこみ	nomerikomi
Terminal (終止形)	のめりこむ	nomerikomu
Attributive (連体形)	のめりこむ	nomerikomu
Hypothetical (仮定形)	のめりこめ	nomerikome
Imperative (命令形)	のめりこめ	nomerikome
Key constructions
Passive	のめりこまれる	nomerikomareru
Causative	のめりこませる のめりこます	nomerikomaseru nomerikomasu
Potential	のめりこめる	nomerikomeru
Volitional	のめりこもう	nomerikomō
Negative	のめりこまない	nomerikomanai
Negative continuative	のめりこまず	nomerikomazu
Formal	のめりこみます	nomerikomimasu
Perfective	のめりこんだ	nomerikonda
Conjunctive	のめりこんで	nomerikonde
Hypothetical conditional	のめりこめば	nomerikomeba

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN