さいなむ

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
苛む
嘖む
虐む (dated)
訶む (dated)
呵責む (dated)

Etymology

Shift from さきなむ (sakinamu).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

さいなむ (sainamutransitive godan (stem さいなみ (sainami), past さいなんだ (sainanda))

  1. to torment, to torture

Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN