妬む

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
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
Imperative (命令形) 妬め
Key constructions
Passive 妬まれる たまれ
Causative 妬ませる たませ
Potential 妬める ため
Volitional 妬もう たも
Negative 妬まない たまない
Negative perfective 妬まなかった たまなかった
Formal 妬みます たみま
Perfective 妬んだ んだ
Conjunctive 妬んで んで
Hypothetical conditional 妬めば めば

Verb

(ねた) (netamutransitive godan (stem (ねた) (netami), past (ねた)んだ (netanda))

  1. to envy, to begrudge
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
そね
Grade: S
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 妬む – see the following entry.
そね
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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