悩ます

Japanese

Kanji in this term
なや
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
惱ます (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Old Japanese. First cited in the Man'yōshū of 759.[1]

Derived as the regular classical causative conjugation of 悩む (nayamu, to be vexed).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) やま [nàyámáꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA(key): [na̠ja̠ma̠sɨᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "悩ます"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
悩ます やま [nàyámáꜜsù]
Imperative (命令形) 悩ませ やま [nàyámáꜜsè]
Key constructions
Passive 悩まされる やまされ [nàyámásáréꜜrù]
Causative 悩まさせる やまさせ [nàyámásáséꜜrù]
Potential 悩ませる やませ [nàyámáséꜜrù]
Volitional 悩まそう やまそ [nàyámásóꜜò]
Negative 悩まさない やまさない [nàyámásáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 悩まさなかった やまさなかった [nàyámásáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 悩まします やましま [nàyámáshímáꜜsù]
Perfective 悩ました やました [nàyámáꜜshìtà]
Conjunctive 悩まして やまして [nàyámáꜜshìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 悩ませば やませば [nàyámáꜜsèbà]

Verb

(なや)ます • (nayamasu) transitive godan (stem (なや)まし (nayamashi), past (なや)ました (nayamashita))

Japanese verb pair
active 悩ます, 悩める
mediopassive 悩む
  1. [from 700s] to vex, to trouble, to distress, to afflict, to pester

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • (なや)ませる (nayamaseru, regular modern causative form of 悩む (nayamu))
  • (なや)ましい (nayamashii, afflicting, vexing, troubling, distressing, adjective)

References

  1. ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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