[つめ;づめ, tsume ; dume](n, suf) (1) (づめ when a suffix) stuffing; packing; (n) (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) (abbr) sweet eel sauce; (7) (arch) middle-aged woman; (n-suf) (8) appointment to a particular workplace; (9) using as the sole ground of judgement (judgment); (10) (after the -masu stem of a verb) continuing; keep doing for period of time#11142[Add to Longdo]
[つめる, tsumeru](v1, vt) (1) to stuff into; to jam; to cram; to pack; to fill; to plug; to stop up; (v1, vt, vi) (2) to shorten; to move closer together; (v1, vt) (3) to reduce (spending); to conserve; (v1, vt, vi) (4) (usu. as 根を詰める) (See 根を詰める) to focus intently on; to strain oneself to do; (v1, vt) (5) to work out (details); (v1, vi) (6) to be on duty; to be stationed; (v1, vt) (7) to corner (esp. an opponent's king in shogi); to trap; to checkmate; (8) (the meaning "to jam one's finger" is predominantly used in Kansai) (See 指を詰める・1) to cut off (one's finger as an act of apology); to jam (one's finger in a door, etc.); (suf, v1) (9) to continue ...; to keep doing ... without a break; (10) to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly; (11) to force someone into a difficult situation by ...; (P)[Add to Longdo]
[つめひらき;つめびらき, tsumehiraki ; tsumebiraki](n, adj-no) (1) bargaining; negotiation; (2) turning one's body to the left or right and standing (when leaving the presence of nobility, etc.); (3) sailing close-hauled; sailing on a close reach[Add to Longdo]
[つめばら, tsumebara](n) (1) being forced to commit seppuku; (2) (See 詰め腹を切らされる) to be forced to bear responsibility and resign from one's position[Add to Longdo]
[ゆびつめ, yubitsume](n) (1) (See 指を詰める・2) getting one's finger caught (e.g. in a door); getting one's finger pinched; jamming one's finger in a door; (2) yakuza finger-cutting ritual[Add to Longdo]
[につめる, nitsumeru](v1, vt) (1) to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); (2) to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion; (P)[Add to Longdo]
[のぼりつめる, noboritsumeru](v1, vi) (1) to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to reach the summit (e.g. of a mountain); (2) to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with[Add to Longdo]