JLPT N5 · Verb

困る (komaru)

困る (こまる, komaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be troubled; to have difficulty”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: こまる
Romaji: komaru
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be in a fix; to be at a loss; to be stumped · godan verb, intransitive
to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be annoyed · godan verb, intransitive
to be badly off; to be hard up; to be in straitened circumstances · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

困ったら私に助けを求めなさい。

Turn to me for help if you are in difficulty.

Tatoeba #171017

騒音でこまっている。

The noise bothers me.

Tatoeba #140250

僕はしばしばお金に困る。

I am often in difficulties.

Tatoeba #82088

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 困る

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	困る	こまる komaru
Polite (~masu)	困ります	こまります komarimasu
Negative	困らない	こまらない komaranai
Polite negative	困りません	こまりません komarimasen
Past	困った	こまった komatta
Polite past	困りました	こまりました komarimashita
Negative past	困らなかった	こまらなかった komaranakatta
Te-form	困って	こまって komatte
Potential	困れる	こまれる komareru
Passive	困られる	こまられる komarareru
Causative	困らせる	こまらせる komaraseru
Volitional	困ろう	こまろう komarou
Imperative	困れ	こまれ komare
Conditional (~ba)	困れば	こまれば komareba

Kanji in 困る

困

quandary, become distressed, annoyedコン・こま.る · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 困る.

困難こんなんdifficulty貧困ひんこんpoverty

Source: JMdict entry 1289590 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.