づめ
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. stuffing; packing
づめ when a suffix
Noun
2. end (esp. the foot of a bridge)
3. lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony
4. tea master
5. endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively)
6. sweet eel sauce
7. middle-aged woman
Suffix
8. appointment to a particular workplace
9. using as the sole ground of judgement (judgment)
10. continuing; keep doing for period of time
after the -masu stem of a verb
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (38 in total)
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
incessant working; working non-stop
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present