心配する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 心配する | 心配しない |
| Polite | 心配します | 心配しません |
| Past polite | 心配しました | 心配しませんでした |
| Past | 心配した | 心配しなかった |
| Te-form | 心配して | 心配しないで |
| Desire | 心配したい | 心配したくない |
| Potential | 心配できる | 心配できない |
| Passive | 心配される | 心配されない |
| Causative | 心配させる | 心配させない |
| Causative passive | 心配させられる | 心配させられない |
| Volitional | 心配しよう | |
| Polite volitional | 心配しましょう | |
| Imperative | 心配しろ | 心配するな |
| Conditional | 心配すれば | 心配しなければ |
| Tara conditional | 心配したら | 心配しなかったら |
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, na-adjective
Broadly used for mental unease about a person, situation, or future event. Can be a noun, a する-verb, or an adjectival noun (心配な).
My mother is always worrying about my health.
I'm anxious about the exam results.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
Dated use meaning looking after someone or providing help. Modern Japanese usually uses 世話 or 手助け instead.
In old novels, you can find expressions like 'to take care of a sick person' using 心配.
My mother worries about her son who lives alone.
I'm worried about tomorrow's exam.
I worried that I might miss the train.
I made my parents worry by staying out overnight without telling them.
心配する is the everyday word for general worry, while 危ぶむ is a literary verb specifically for doubting that things will turn out well.
心配する is the everyday, neutral word for worrying about something, while 憂える is more formal and literary, often implying a deeper or brooding concern.
心配する is the common, general word for 'to worry', while 心を痛める stresses deep emotional pain or empathetic distress over a situation.
心配する means to worry (about someone or something oneself), while 心配をかける means to cause worry in someone else through one's actions.
心配する is the general, common word for worrying, often about oneself or events, while 気遣う is softer and usually directed at someone else's well-being.
心配 is the general, everyday word for worry and is often used as a suru-verb, while 気がかり emphasizes a specific, lingering unease that stays on one's mind.
心配 is the everyday word for worry or concern, while 屈託 emphasizes a nagging, weighed-down feeling and appears especially in 屈託がない (carefree).
心配する is a general, everyday word for worry or concern, while 気に病む implies a deeper, more brooding anxiety that lingers.
心配する is a stronger, more general word for worrying or feeling anxious, while 気にする often describes a lighter or even unnecessary concern and is common in phrases telling someone not to worry.
心配する expresses concern about others or future events, whereas 悩む implies deeper, personal rumination over one's own problem.
心配する is the everyday, casual word for worrying, while 案じる carries a more formal or literary tone.
心配 is the everyday word for worry about a specific concern, while 苦労 (sense 2) suggests an ongoing, general burden of cares.
心配する means to worry or be anxious about an uncertain outcome, whereas 恐れる specifically expresses fear of something threatening or dreaded.
心配する covers concern or anxiety broadly, whereas くよくよ implies a passive, moping kind of worry over minor things.
心配 is the everyday, general word for worry, whereas 危惧 is a formal term reserved for serious or societal-level concerns.
心配する expresses clear, active worry or anxiety, whereas 気になる can be much milder, just something lingering in the back of your mind.
心配する is transitive with the worrying person as subject, whereas 気にかかる is intransitive with the worry-causing thing as subject.
心配 is the plain, everyday word for worry about anything, while 苦慮 is formal and specifically about wrestling with a difficult problem or decision.
心配 refers to general worry or anxiety, while 頭が痛い specifically conveys mental strain caused by a troublesome, hard-to-solve matter.
心配 is everyday worry about someone or something's wellbeing, while 恐れ carries a stronger sense of dread or fear.
心配 (worry) and 審判 (judgment/referee) sound almost identical but have completely unrelated meanings.