ツメ
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 (18 in total)
white Dutch clover
getting one's finger caught (e.g. in a door); getting one's finger pinched; jamming one's finger in a door; yakuza finger-cutting ritual
stand-up collar
filling; packing material; stuffing; padding
station; office; guardroom
combination; assortment (of goods); assorted basket or box (e.g. of chocolates)
chess problem; composed shogi problem
lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master
stuffing a shopping container for a fixed price
rote learning; education that stresses memorization
composed go problem
retrenchment; curtailment
hair pulled tightly back in a bun
after all; in the end; in short
cramming (e.g. for an exam)
bargaining; negotiation; turning one's body to the left or right and standing (when leaving the presence of nobility, etc.); sailing close-hauled; sailing on a close reach
(belief in the desirability of) education by rote learning
kimono with completely attached sleeves (i.e. lacking an opening on the side under the armpit)