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tsumazuku
godan verb, intransitive verb

Alternate Written Forms:

[つまず()·]
tsumazuku
tsumaduku
[つまづ()·]
tsumaduku

English Meaning(s) for つまずく

godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to trip (over); to stumble
  2. to fail; to suffer a setback

Definition and Synonyms for つまずく

Mistake a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
Synonyms: ミス, ちょんぼ, つまずき, つまずく, ミステイク, 事誤り, , 瑕疵, 疵瑕, 緩怠, , 誤り, 誤る, 誤謬, 過ち, 過つ, 過失, 過怠, 過誤, 間違い, 間違う, 間違え, 間違える
Trip miss a step and fall or nearly fall
Synonyms: つまずく, よろける, つんのめる
Trip cause to stumble
Synonyms: つまずく
Miscarry be unsuccessful
Synonyms: しくる, とちる, しくじる, しでかす, ちょんぼ, つまずく, けつまずく, しそこなう, 仕損じる, 仕損ずる, 失敗, 失策, 挫折, 誤る, 過つ, 遣り損じる, 遣り損なう, まかり間違う, 間違う, 間違える
Error inadvertent incorrectness
Synonyms: ポカ, ミス, エラー, しくじり, しくじる, つまずき, つまずく, しそこなう, 仕損じ, 仕損じる, 仕損ずる, 仕損ない, 失態, 失敗, 失策, 緩怠, 落ち度, , 誤り, 誤る, 誤謬, , 過ち, 過つ, 過失, 過怠, 過誤, 遣り損じ, 遣り損じる, 遣り損ずる, 錯誤, 間違い, 間違う, 間違え, 間違える

Categories つまずく is a member of

Move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
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Wrongness the quality of not conforming to fact or truth
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Nonaccomplishment an act that does not achieve its intended goal
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Stroke Order Diagrams for つまずく

Conjugations for つまずく

masu stem
tsumazuki
Negative stem
tsumazuka
te-form
tsumazuite
Negative te-form
tsumazukanakute
Adverbial Negative Form
tsumazukanaku
Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
tsumazuku
Present Indicative Negative Form
tsumazukanai
Past Indicative Form
tsumazuita
Past Indicative Negative Form
tsumazukanakatta
Presumptive Form
tsumazukou
Polite Form
Present Indicative Form
tsumazukimasu
Present Indicative Negative Form
tsumazukimasen
Past Indicative Form
tsumazukimashita
Past Indicative Negative Form
tsumazukimasendeshita
Presumptive Form
tsumazukimashou
Tai Form
Present Indicative Form
tsumazukitai
Present Indicative Negative Form
tsumazukitakunai
Past Indicative Form
tsumazukitakatta
Past Indicative Negative Form
tsumazukitakunakatta
Adjective stem
tsumazukita
te-form
tsumazukitakute
Negative te-form
tsumazukitakunakute
Adverbial Form
tsumazukitaku
Provisional Form
tsumazukitakereba
Provisional Negative Form
tsumazukitakunakereba
Conditional Form
tsumazukitakattara
Conditional Negative Form
tsumazukitakunakattara
Objective Form
tsumazukitasa
Imperative Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
tsumazuke
Imperative Polite Form
Present Indicative Form
tsumazukinasai
Provisional Form
Present Indicative Form
tsumazukeba
Present Indicative Negative Form
tsumazukanakereba
Present Indicative Negative Colloquial Form
tsumazukanakya
Conditional Form
Present Indicative Form
tsumazuitara
Present Indicative Negative Form
tsumazukanakattara
Alternative Form
Present Indicative Form
tsumazuitari
Potential Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
tsumazukeru
Present Indicative Negative Form
tsumazukenai
Past Indicative Form
tsumazuketa
Past Indicative Negative Form
tsumazukenakatta
masu-stem
tsumazuke
te-form
tsumazukete
Negative te-form
tsumazukenakute
Potential Polite Form
Present Indicative Form
tsumazukemasu
Present Indicative Negative Form
tsumazukemasen
Past Indicative Form
tsumazukemashita
Past Indicative Negative Form
tsumazukemasendeshita
Passive Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
tsumazukareru
Present Indicative Negative Form
tsumazukarenai
Past Indicative Form
tsumazukareta
Past Indicative Negative Form
tsumazukarenakatta
masu stem
tsumazukare
te-form
tsumazukarete
Negative te-form
tsumazukarenakute
Passive Polite Form
Present Indicative Form
tsumazukaremasu
Present Indicative Negative Form
tsumazukaremasen
Past Indicative Form
tsumazukaremashita
Past Indicative Negative Form
tsumazukaremasendeshita
Causative Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
tsumazukaseru
Present Indicative Negative Form
tsumazukasenai
Past Indicative Form
tsumazukaseta
Past Indicative Negative Form
tsumazukasenakatta
masu stem
tsumazukase
te-form
tsumazukasete
Negative te-form
tsumazukasenakute
Causative Polite Form
Present Indicative Form
tsumazukasemasu
Present Indicative Negative Form
tsumazukasemasen
Past Indicative Form
tsumazukasemashita
Past Indicative Negative Form
tsumazukasemasendeshita
Causative Passive Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
tsumazukasareru
Present Indicative Negative Form
tsumazukasarenai
Past Indicative Form
tsumazukasareta
Past Indicative Negative Form
tsumazukasarenakatta
masu stem
tsumazukasare
te-form
tsumazukasarete
Negative te-form
tsumazukasarenakute
Causative Passive Polite Form
Present Indicative Form
tsumazukasaremasu
Present Indicative Negative Form
tsumazukasaremasen
Past Indicative Form
tsumazukasaremashita
Past Indicative Negative Form
tsumazukasaremasendeshita
Colloquial Form
Present Indicative Negative Masculine Form
tsumazukan
Formal Form
Present Indicative Negative Form
tsumazukazu
Classical Form (nu)
Present Indicative Negative Form
tsumazukanu
Classical Form (zaru)
Present Indicative Negative Form
tsumazukazaru

Sample Sentences for つまずく

The experiment failed in the initial stages.
Everything was allowed: You could kick, trip, hit, or bite your opponent.
But so that we may not cause offense, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours.
She tripped on the stone.
Entering the house, I tripped over the mat.

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