JLPT N2 · Verb

悔やむ (kuyamu)

悔やむ (くやむ, kuyamu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to mourn; to lament”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: くやむ
Romaji: kuyamu
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

to mourn; to lament · godan verb, transitive
to be sorry; to regret; to repent · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

あの方があんなに若くして亡くなったことは悔やまれます。

It is regrettable that she should have died so young.

Tatoeba #230463

よーし！覚えてろ。後で悔やむなよ。

All right! You will be sorry for this.

Tatoeba #192866

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

Conjugation of 悔やむ

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	悔やむ	くやむ kuyamu
Polite (~masu)	悔やみます	くやみます kuyamimasu
Negative	悔やまない	くやまない kuyamanai
Polite negative	悔やみません	くやみません kuyamimasen
Past	悔やんだ	くやんだ kuyanda
Polite past	悔やみました	くやみました kuyamimashita
Negative past	悔やまなかった	くやまなかった kuyamanakatta
Te-form	悔やんで	くやんで kuyande
Potential	悔やめる	くやめる kuyameru
Passive	悔やまれる	くやまれる kuyamareru
Causative	悔やませる	くやませる kuyamaseru
Volitional	悔やもう	くやもう kuyamou
Imperative	悔やめ	くやめ kuyame
Conditional (~ba)	悔やめば	くやめば kuyameba

Kanji in 悔やむ

悔

repent, regretカイ・く.いる・く.やむ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 悔やむ.

後悔こうかいregret悔しいくやしいfrustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice)

Source: JMdict entry 1200450 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.