悩ましい

Japanese

Kanji in this term
なや
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

悩ましい (-i inflection, hiragana なやましい, rōmaji nayamashii)

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

Inflection

Derived terms

  •  (なや)ましがる (nayamashigaru)
  •  (なや)ましげ (nayamashige)

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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