I Love Kanji悩ます (nayamasu)
悩ます (なやます, nayamasu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to afflict; to torment”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- なやます
- Romaji
- nayamasu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 悩ます
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 悩ます | なやます nayamasu |
| Polite (~masu) | 悩まします | なやまします nayamashimasu |
| Negative | 悩まさない | なやまさない nayamasanai |
| Polite negative | 悩ましません | なやましません nayamashimasen |
| Past | 悩ました | なやました nayamashita |
| Polite past | 悩ましました | なやましました nayamashimashita |
| Negative past | 悩まさなかった | なやまさなかった nayamasanakatta |
| Te-form | 悩まして | なやまして nayamashite |
| Potential | 悩ませる | なやませる nayamaseru |
| Passive | 悩まされる | なやまされる nayamasareru |
| Causative | 悩まさせる | なやまさせる nayamasaseru |
| Volitional | 悩まそう | なやまそう nayamasou |
| Imperative | 悩ませ | なやませ nayamase |
| Conditional (~ba) | 悩ませば | なやませば nayamaseba |
Kanji in 悩ます
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 悩ます.
Source: JMdict entry 1469840 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.