思い悩む

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
おも
Grade: 2
なや
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
思い惱む (kyūjitai)

Verb

(おも)(なや) (omoinayamutransitive godan (stem (おも)(なや) (omoinayami), past (おも)(なや)んだ (omoinayanda))

  1. worry about, fret about
    • 1932, Motojirō Kajii, のんきな患者:
      吉田(よしだ)はこれまで一度(いちど)もそんな経験(けいけん)をしたことがなかったので、そんなときは第一(だいいち)にその不安(ふあん)原因(げんいん)(おも)(なや)のだった。
      Yoshida wa koremade ichido mo sonna keiken o shita koto ga nakatta node, sonna toki wa daiichi ni sono fuan no gen'in ni omoinayamu no datta.
      What worried Yoshida more than anything else was that he had never experienced anything like that before.

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References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.