I Love Kanji悩ましい (nayamashii)
悩ましい (なやましい, nayamashii) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “seductive; carnal”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists.
- Reading
- なやましい
- Romaji
- nayamashii
- Word class
- い-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- seductive; carnal; enchanting · い-adjective
- troubling; difficult; thorny; hard · い-adjective
- anxious; uneasy · い-adjective
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 悩ましい
い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 悩ましい | なやましい nayamashii |
| Negative | 悩ましくない | なやましくない nayamashikunai |
| Past | 悩ましかった | なやましかった nayamashikatta |
| Negative past | 悩ましくなかった | なやましくなかった nayamashikunakatta |
| Te-form | 悩ましくて | なやましくて nayamashikute |
| Adverb (~ku) | 悩ましく | なやましく nayamashiku |
| Conditional (~ba) | 悩ましければ | なやましければ nayamashikereba |
Kanji in 悩ましい
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 悩ましい.
Source: JMdict entry 1469830 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.