なやむ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of なやむ – see the following entry.

【悩む】 [verb] [from early 1000s] (intransitive) (in reaction to something not going as expected) to worry, to be bothered, to be emotionally distressed, to dwell on, to be vexed [verb] [from 720] (intransitive) to suffer physically, to suffer physical distress; to fall ill, to get sick [verb] [from 720] (intransitive, auxiliary) (attaches to the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of another verb) to get stuck, to go sideways, to not go well [verb] [from 1680s] (transitive, archaic) to make do, to manage to do [verb] [from 1680s] (transitive, archaic) to deal with a difficulty, to manage a challenge, to handle something [verb] [from 1560s] to vex, to cause distress: see modern 悩(なや)める (nayameru)

(This term, なやむ (nayamu), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as なやむ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as なやむ.)