I Love Kanji悩む (nayamu)
悩む (なやむ, nayamu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be worried; to be troubled”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- なやむ
- Romaji
- nayamu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to be worried; to be troubled · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 悩む
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 | 悩む | なやむ nayamu |
| Polite (~masu) | 悩みます | なやみます nayamimasu |
| Negative | 悩まない | なやまない nayamanai |
| Polite negative | 悩みません | なやみません nayamimasen |
| Past | 悩んだ | なやんだ nayanda |
| Polite past | 悩みました | なやみました nayamimashita |
| Negative past | 悩まなかった | なやまなかった nayamanakatta |
| Te-form | 悩んで | なやんで nayande |
| Potential | 悩める | なやめる nayameru |
| Passive | 悩まれる | なやまれる nayamareru |
| Causative | 悩ませる | なやませる nayamaseru |
| Volitional | 悩もう | なやもう nayamou |
| Imperative | 悩め | なやめ nayame |
| Conditional (~ba) | 悩めば | なやめば nayameba |
Kanji in 悩む
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 悩む.
Source: JMdict entry 1469870 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.