Japanese

める

うめる
Meaning: to bury; to fill up; to supplement
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 埋める 埋めない
Polite 埋めます 埋めません
Past 埋めた 埋めなかった
Polite + Past 埋めました 埋めませんでした
Te-form 埋めて 埋めなくて
Potential 埋められる 埋められない
Passive 埋められる 埋められない
Causative 埋めさせる 埋めさせない
Imperative 埋めろ 埋めるな

Handwriting

埋
め
る

Example sentences

I buried a time capsule in the garden.
夫婦の間の溝を埋めるのは簡単ではない。
It is not easy to bridge the gap between husband and wife.
理想と現実のギャップを埋める。
Bridge the gap between ideal and reality.
理想と現実の開きを埋めるのは簡単ではない。
It is not easy to bridge the gap between ideal and reality.
交渉を成功させるために、まずは外堀から埋めていく必要がある。
To succeed in the negotiation, it is necessary to start by filling the outer moat (preparing the groundwork).
申込書の空欄を全て埋めてください。
Please fill in all the blanks on the application form.
昔、この橋を作るために人柱が埋められたという伝説がある。
There is a legend that a human sacrifice was buried to build this bridge long ago.
二十年後に開けるために、校庭にタイムカプセルを埋めた。
We buried a time capsule in the schoolyard to be opened in twenty years.
壁の空隙をセメントで埋めた。
I filled the gap in the wall with cement.
原稿用紙の升目を埋める
Fill in the squares of the manuscript paper.

Usage Notes

Used for physically burying something in the ground, filling a hole, or figuratively filling a gap or covering a loss.

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