包む
つつむ
to wrap, to cover
Tsutsumu (包む) is a godan verb meaning "to wrap, to cover". Its polite form is 包みます (tsutsumimasu), its te form is 包んで (tsutsunde), its past form is 包んだ (tsutsunda), and its negative form is 包まない (tsutsumanai).
Godan verbJLPT N4
Tsutsumu (包む) conjugation quick reference
包む means "to wrap, to cover". Its main forms are listed below, with links to the grammar pattern behind each form.
Tsutsumu example sentences
プレゼントを包みます。
I will wrap the gift.
昨日、傷を包みました。
I wrapped the wound yesterday.
彼は彼女のマフラーを包みませんでした。
He didn't wrap her scarf.
How to use Tsutsumu: grammar notes
•Use を after the object being wrapped — for example, プレゼントを包みます means "I will wrap the present."
•When saying who or what something is wrapped with, use で — like 新聞紙で包みました ("I wrapped it with newspaper").
•Don't confuse 包む (to wrap) with 包まれる, which is the passive form meaning "to be wrapped" — beginners often mix these up!
•JLPT N4 level
Common phrases with Tsutsumu
プレゼントを包む（プレゼントをつつむ）
to wrap a present
愛に包まれる（あいにつつまれる）
to be wrapped in love / to feel loved
静けさに包まれる（しずけさにつつまれる）
to be enveloped in silence
Tsutsumu (包む) conjugation table
| Form | Japanese | Romaji |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Forms | ||
| Dictionary Form | 包む | tsutsumu |
| Masu Form | 包みます | tsutsumimasu |
| Te Form | 包んで | tsutsunde |
| Past Form | 包んだ | tsutsunda |
| Negative Form | 包まない | tsutsumanai |
| Past Negative | 包まなかった | tsutsumanakatta |
| Polite Forms | ||
| Polite Present | 包みます | tsutsumimasu |
| Polite Past | 包みました | tsutsumimashita |
| Polite Negative | 包みません | tsutsumimasen |
| Polite Past Negative | 包みませんでした | tsutsumimasendeshita |
| Advanced Forms | ||
| Potential Form | 包める | tsutsumeru |
| Passive Form | 包まれる | tsutsumareru |
| Causative Form | 包ませる | tsutsumaseru |
| Causative Passive | 包まされる | tsutsumasareru |
| Volitional Form | 包もう | tsutsumou |
| Imperative Form | 包め | tsutsume |
| Conditional Forms | ||
| Conditional (ば) | 包めば | tsutsumeba |
| Conditional (たら) | 包んだら | tsutsundara |
| Other Forms | ||
| Progressive Form | 包んでいる | tsutsundeiru |
| Desire (たい) | 包みたい | tsutsumitai |
| Prohibition | 包むな | tsutsumuna |