I Love Kanji恵む (megumu)
恵む (めぐむ, megumu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to bless; to show mercy to”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- めぐむ
- Romaji
- megumu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to bless; to show mercy to · godan verb, transitive
- to give (money, etc.) · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
さまざまな才能に恵まれて、なんでもそつなくこなす姉にとって、平々凡々たる俺の存在はひどく許せないものらしい。
For my multi-talented sister, able do anything with ease, it seems that my commonplace self is something whose existence she finds very hard to forgive.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 恵む
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 | 恵む | めぐむ megumu |
| Polite (~masu) | 恵みます | めぐみます megumimasu |
| Negative | 恵まない | めぐまない megumanai |
| Polite negative | 恵みません | めぐみません megumimasen |
| Past | 恵んだ | めぐんだ megunda |
| Polite past | 恵みました | めぐみました megumimashita |
| Negative past | 恵まなかった | めぐまなかった megumanakatta |
| Te-form | 恵んで | めぐんで megunde |
| Potential | 恵める | めぐめる megumeru |
| Passive | 恵まれる | めぐまれる megumareru |
| Causative | 恵ませる | めぐませる megumaseru |
| Volitional | 恵もう | めぐもう megumou |
| Imperative | 恵め | めぐめ megume |
| Conditional (~ba) | 恵めば | めぐめば megumeba |
Kanji in 恵む
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 恵む.
Source: JMdict entry 1250480 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.