患う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
患
わずら
Grade: S
kun'yomi
See also 患い, and 煩う

Pronunciation

Verb

患(わずら)う • (wazurau) ←わづらふ (wadurafu)?godan (stem 患(わずら)い (wazurai), past 患(わずら)った (wazuratta))

  1. to be ill with; to suffer from
    結核(けっかく)を患(わずら)う
    kekkaku o wazurau
    to be ill with tuberculosis

Conjugation

Conjugation of "患う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 患わ わずらわ wazurawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 患い わずらい wazurai
Shūshikei ("terminal") 患う わずらう wazurau
Rentaikei ("attributive") 患う わずらう wazurau
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 患え わずらえ wazurae
Meireikei ("imperative") 患え わずらえ wazurae
Key constructions
Passive 患われる わずらわれる wazurawareru
Causative 患わせる
患わす 		わずらわせる
わずらわす 		wazurawaseru
wazurawasu
Potential 患える わずらえる wazuraeru
Volitional 患おう わずらおう wazuraō
Negative 患わない わずらわない wazurawanai
Negative continuative 患わず わずらわず wazurawazu
Formal 患います わずらいます wazuraimasu
Perfective 患った わずらった wazuratta
Conjunctive 患って わずらって wazuratte
Hypothetical conditional 患えば わずらえば wazuraeba

Synonyms

References

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