JLPT N1 · Verb

危ぶむ (ayabumu)

危ぶむ (あやぶむ, ayabumu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to fear; to doubt”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
あやぶむ
Romaji
ayabumu
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

彼は死んでいるのではないかと危ぶまれている。
They fear that he may be dead.

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

Conjugation of 危ぶむ

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

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary危ぶむあやぶむ ayabumu
Polite (~masu)危ぶみますあやぶみます ayabumimasu
Negative危ぶまないあやぶまない ayabumanai
Polite negative危ぶみませんあやぶみません ayabumimasen
Past危ぶんだあやぶんだ ayabunda
Polite past危ぶみましたあやぶみました ayabumimashita
Negative past危ぶまなかったあやぶまなかった ayabumanakatta
Te-form危ぶんであやぶんで ayabunde
Potential危ぶめるあやぶめる ayabumeru
Passive危ぶまれるあやぶまれる ayabumareru
Causative危ぶませるあやぶませる ayabumaseru
Volitional危ぶもうあやぶもう ayabumou
Imperative危ぶめあやぶめ ayabume
Conditional (~ba)危ぶめばあやぶめば ayabumeba

Kanji in 危ぶむ

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 危ぶむ.

Source: JMdict entry 1218410 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.