つま
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)
1. to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.)
2. to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be plugged up
3. to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to narrow
4. to be at a loss; to be hard pressed
often in the form …につまる
5. to end up; to be settled
6. to become a geminate consonant
7. to hit the ball near the handle of the bat
Pitch accent
Top 2900
Used in vocabulary (18 in total)
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
to choke; to have trouble breathing
to be boiled down; to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse; to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)
Examples (3 in total)
My throat feels clogged up.
Something is stuck in the pipe.
This house is full of happy memories.