I Love Kanji病む (yamu)
病む (やむ, yamu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to fall ill”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- やむ
- Romaji
- yamu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to fall ill · godan verb, intransitive
- to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ) · godan verb, transitive
- to be depressed; to feel down; to have mental health issues · godan verb, transitive · colloquial
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 病む
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 | 病む | やむ yamu |
| Polite (~masu) | 病みます | やみます yamimasu |
| Negative | 病まない | やまない yamanai |
| Polite negative | 病みません | やみません yamimasen |
| Past | 病んだ | やんだ yanda |
| Polite past | 病みました | やみました yamimashita |
| Negative past | 病まなかった | やまなかった yamanakatta |
| Te-form | 病んで | やんで yande |
| Potential | 病める | やめる yameru |
| Passive | 病まれる | やまれる yamareru |
| Causative | 病ませる | やませる yamaseru |
| Volitional | 病もう | やもう yamou |
| Imperative | 病め | やめ yame |
| Conditional (~ba) | 病めば | やめば yameba |
Kanji in 病む
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 病む.
病院びょういんhospital病気びょうきillness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold)看病かんびょうnursing (a patient)病びょうdisease臆病おくびょうcowardly発病はつびょうonset of an illness
Source: JMdict entry 1490210 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.