悩ましい

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
なや
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
惱ましい (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From the verb 悩む (nayamu) and the adjectivizing suffix しい (-shii).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「悩ましい
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 悩ましく やましく
やまし

Terminal (終止形) 悩ましい やまし
Attributive (連体形) 悩ましい やまし
Key constructions
Informal negative 悩ましくない やましくない
やましくない

Informal past 悩ましかった やましかった
やましかった

Informal negative past 悩ましくなかった やましくなかった
やましくなかった

Formal 悩ましいです やましいです
Conjunctive 悩ましくて やましくて
やましくて

Conditional 悩ましければ やましければ
やましければ

Adjective

(なや)ましい (nayamashii-i (adverbial (なや)ましく (nayamashiku))

  1. worrying; troubling; thorny
  2. sick; painful
  3. exciting due to sexual attraction; seductive

Inflection

Derived terms

References

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