妬む

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
妬
ねた
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
嫉む

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「妬む」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		妬む ねたむ
Imperative (命令形) 妬め ねため
Key constructions
Passive 妬まれる ねたまれる
Causative 妬ませる ねたませる
Potential 妬める ねためる
Volitional 妬もう ねたもー
Negative 妬まない ねたまない
Negative perfective 妬まなかった ねたまなかった
Formal 妬みます ねたみます
Perfective 妬んだ ねたんだ
Conjunctive 妬んで ねたんで
Hypothetical conditional 妬めば ねためば

Verb

妬(ねた)む • (netamu) transitive godan (stem 妬(ねた)み (netami), past 妬(ねた)んだ (netanda))

  1. to envy, to begrudge
Conjugation
Conjugation of "妬む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 妬ま ねたま netama
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 妬み ねたみ netami
Shūshikei ("terminal") 妬む ねたむ netamu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 妬む ねたむ netamu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 妬め ねため netame
Meireikei ("imperative") 妬め ねため netame
Key constructions
Passive 妬まれる ねたまれる netamareru
Causative 妬ませる
妬ます 		ねたませる
ねたます 		netamaseru
netamasu
Potential 妬める ねためる netameru
Volitional 妬もう ねたもう netamō
Negative 妬まない ねたまない netamanai
Negative continuative 妬まず ねたまず netamazu
Formal 妬みます ねたみます netamimasu
Perfective 妬んだ ねたんだ netanda
Conjunctive 妬んで ねたんで netande
Hypothetical conditional 妬めば ねためば netameba

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
妬
そね
Grade: S
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 妬む – see the following entry.
【嫉そねむ】
to envy, to be jealous
Alternative spelling
猜む
(This term, 妬む, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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