I Love Kanji邪魔 (jama)
邪魔 (じゃま, jama) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “hindrance; obstacle”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- じゃま
- Romaji
- jama
- Word class
- Noun + する (suru verb)
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- hindrance; obstacle; nuisance; disturbance; interruption · noun, な-adjective, suru verb, transitive
- to visit (someone's home) · suru verb, intransitive · as お〜
- demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour · noun · orig. meaning
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 邪魔
Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 邪魔する | じゃまする jamasuru |
| Polite (~masu) | 邪魔します | じゃまします jamashimasu |
| Negative | 邪魔しない | じゃましない jamashinai |
| Polite negative | 邪魔しません | じゃましません jamashimasen |
| Past | 邪魔した | じゃました jamashita |
| Polite past | 邪魔しました | じゃましました jamashimashita |
| Negative past | 邪魔しなかった | じゃましなかった jamashinakatta |
| Te-form | 邪魔して | じゃまして jamashite |
| Potential | 邪魔できる | じゃまできる jamadekiru |
| Passive | 邪魔される | じゃまされる jamasareru |
| Causative | 邪魔させる | じゃまさせる jamasaseru |
| Volitional | 邪魔しよう | じゃましよう jamashiyou |
| Imperative | 邪魔しろ | じゃましろ jamashiro |
| Conditional (~ba) | 邪魔すれば | じゃますれば jamasureba |
Kanji in 邪魔
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 邪魔.
Source: JMdict entry 1323500 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.