JLPT N2 · Verb

羨む (urayamu)

羨む (うらやむ, urayamu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to envy; to be envious of”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists.

Reading
うらやむ
Romaji
urayamu
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

彼らは私たちの成功をうらやんでいる。
They are jealous of our success.

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

Conjugation of 羨む

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

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary羨むうらやむ urayamu
Polite (~masu)羨みますうらやみます urayamimasu
Negative羨まないうらやまない urayamanai
Polite negative羨みませんうらやみません urayamimasen
Past羨んだうらやんだ urayanda
Polite past羨みましたうらやみました urayamimashita
Negative past羨まなかったうらやまなかった urayamanakatta
Te-form羨んでうらやんで urayande
Potential羨めるうらやめる urayameru
Passive羨まれるうらやまれる urayamareru
Causative羨ませるうらやませる urayamaseru
Volitional羨もううらやもう urayamou
Imperative羨めうらやめ urayame
Conditional (~ba)羨めばうらやめば urayameba

Kanji in 羨む

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 羨む.

Source: JMdict entry 1391950 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.