I Love Kanji妬む (netamu)
妬む (ねたむ, netamu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be jealous of; to envy”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ねたむ
- Romaji
- netamu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 妬む
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 妬む | ねたむ netamu |
| Polite (~masu) | 妬みます | ねたみます netamimasu |
| Negative | 妬まない | ねたまない netamanai |
| Polite negative | 妬みません | ねたみません netamimasen |
| Past | 妬んだ | ねたんだ netanda |
| Polite past | 妬みました | ねたみました netamimashita |
| Negative past | 妬まなかった | ねたまなかった netamanakatta |
| Te-form | 妬んで | ねたんで netande |
| Potential | 妬める | ねためる netameru |
| Passive | 妬まれる | ねたまれる netamareru |
| Causative | 妬ませる | ねたませる netamaseru |
| Volitional | 妬もう | ねたもう netamou |
| Imperative | 妬め | ねため netame |
| Conditional (~ba) | 妬めば | ねためば netameba |
Kanji in 妬む
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 妬む.
Source: JMdict entry 1444380 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.