- 詰まる【つまる】 - to be packed (with), to be full (space, schedule, etc.), to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.), to be clogged, to be plugged up, to shorten (width, interval, etc.), to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.), to narrow, to be at a loss, to be hard pressed, to end up, to be settled, to become a geminate consonant, to hit the ball near the handle of the bat 
- 詰める【つめる】 - to stuff into, to jam, to cram, to pack, to fill, to plug, to stop up, to shorten, to move closer together, to reduce (spending), to conserve, to focus intently on, to strain oneself to do, to go through thoroughly, to work out (details), to bring to a conclusion, to wind up, to be on duty, to be stationed, to corner (esp. an opponent's king in shogi), to trap, to checkmate, to cut off (one's finger as an act of apology), to catch (one's finger in a door, etc.), to do non-stop, to do continuously, to keep doing (without a break), to do completely, to do thoroughly, to force someone into a difficult situation by ... 
- 追い詰める【おいつめる】 - to corner, to drive to the wall, to run down, to track down, to chase after 
- 缶詰【かんづめ】 - canned food, tinned food, confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work), being stuck in a confined space 
- 詰まり【つまり】 - that is to say, that is, in other words, I mean, that (this, it) means, in short, in brief, to sum up, ultimately, in the end, in the long run, when all is said and done, what it all comes down to, when you get right down to it, basically, clogging, obstruction, stuffing, (degree of) blockage, shrinkage, end, conclusion, dead end, corner, distress, being at the end of one's rope 
- 煮詰める【につめる】 - to boil down, to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.), to reach a conclusion, to conclude a discussion 
- 大詰め【おおづめ】 - final scene, the end, finale 
- 詰め込む【つめこむ】 - to cram, to stuff, to jam, to squeeze, to pack, to crowd 
- 字詰め【じづめ】 - number of characters per line, page, etc. 
- 行き詰まり【いきづまり】 - deadlock, stalemate, impasse, dead end 
- 詰む【つむ】 - to become fine (of fabric), to be checkmated, to be hard pressed, to be at a loss, to reach the limits 
- 詰問【きつもん】 - cross-examination, close questioning, demanding an explanation 
- 詰まらせる【つまらせる】 - to clog, to block, to choke up, to jam, to obstruct 
- 手詰まり【てづまり】 - deadlock, stalemate 
- 行き詰まる【いきづまる】 - to come to a dead end, to come to a standstill, to reach a deadlock, to reach an impasse, to reach a stalemate 
- 切羽詰まる【せっぱつまる】 - to be at one's wits' end, to be cornered, to be in a fix, to be in a desperate situation, to be in a pinch, to be in a predicament, to be packed to the hilt 
- 息詰まる【いきづまる】 - to be breathtaking, to be stifling 
- 切り詰める【きりつめる】 - to shorten, to cut short, to trim, to cut down on, to reduce, to scrimp on, to economize, to economise 
- 煮詰まる【につまる】 - to be boiled down, to come to a standstill, to reach an impasse, to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.) 
- 詰め寄る【つめよる】 - to draw near, to draw closer, to press (e.g. for an answer), to hound