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悩ます

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Japanese

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

Etymology

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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

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  • 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

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(なや)ます (nayamasutransitive 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

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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