妬む (ねたむ, netamu) Japanese meaning: be jealous of | KotomoraCommon word›JLPTN1›Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000妬む · godan verb (-mu)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
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| Dictionary | 妬む | 妬まない |
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| Polite | 妬みます | 妬みません |
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| Past polite | 妬みました | 妬みませんでした |
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| Past | 妬んだ | 妬まなかった |
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| Te-form | 妬んで | 妬まないで |
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| Desire | 妬みたい | 妬みたくない |
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| Potential | 妬める | 妬めない |
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| Passive | 妬まれる | 妬まれない |
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| Causative | 妬ませる | 妬ませない |
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| Causative passive | 妬ませられるalso 妬まされる | 妬ませられないalso 妬まされない |
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| Volitional | 妬もう | |
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| Polite volitional | 妬みましょう | |
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| Imperative | 妬め | 妬むな |
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| Conditional | 妬めば | 妬まなければ |
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| Tara conditional | 妬んだら | 妬まなかったら |
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昇
進
を
妬
ん
で
いる
。
He is jealous of his colleague's promotion.
It's not good to envy other people's happiness.
Usage patterns
〈人〉の〈事〉を妬むto envy someone for something (their success, luck, etc.)
I can't help envying my colleague's success.
〈人〉に妬まれるto be envied/resented by someone
It seems he's resented by his peers.
