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悼む · godan verb (-mu)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	悼いたむ	悼いたまない
Polite	悼いたみます	悼いたみません
Past polite	悼いたみました	悼いたみませんでした
Past	悼いたんだ	悼いたまなかった
Te-form	悼いたんで	悼いたまないで
Desire	悼いたみたい	悼いたみたくない
Potential	悼いためる	悼いためない
Passive	悼いたまれる	悼いたまれない
Causative	悼いたませる	悼いたませない
Causative passive	悼いたませられるalso 悼いたまされる	悼いたませられないalso 悼いたまされない
Volitional	悼いたもう
Polite volitional	悼いたみましょう
Imperative	悼いため	悼いたむな
Conditional	悼いためば	悼いたまなければ
Tara conditional	悼いたんだら	悼いたまなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-mu), transitive verb

mourn; grieve over; lament

Used specifically for mourning a person's death or grieving over a loss. Often appears in formal or written contexts such as obituaries, condolences, and news reports.

彼かれの突とつ然ぜんの死しを悼いたんで、多おおくの人ひとが葬そう儀ぎに参さん列れつした。
Mourning his sudden death, many people attended the funeral.
新しん聞ぶんは事じ故この犠ぎ牲せい者しゃを悼いたむ記き事じを掲けい載さいした。
The newspaper ran an article lamenting the victims of the accident.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉の死しを悼いたむto mourn someone's death
国こく民みんは元もと大だい統とう領りょうの死しを悼いたんだ。
The people mourned the former president's death.
〈人ひと〉を悼いたむto mourn (a deceased person)
友ゆう人じんたちは彼かれを深ふかく悼いたんだ。
His friends deeply mourned him.
深ふかく悼いたむto mourn deeply
彼かの女じょの急きゅう死しを深ふかく悼いたみます。
I deeply mourn her sudden death.

Kanji

悼lament, grieve over

Related words

悲かなしむN3
悲しむ is a general word for feeling sad or grieving over any loss, while 悼む is more formal and used specifically for mourning someone's death.
弔とむらう
弔う focuses on the ritual act of paying respects or holding a funeral for the dead, whereas 悼む emphasizes the inner feeling of grief.
哀あい悼とう
哀悼する is an even more formal, often official expression of condolence used in speeches or statements, while 悼む is the plain verb form used in writing and speech alike.

Don't confuse with

痛いたむN2
痛む (same reading いたむ) means to hurt physically or feel pain, while 悼む means to mourn someone's death.

Word family

悼いたみ悲かなしむ
mourn; grieve

Written forms

悼いたむUsage96%
Standard kanji spelling for mourning or grieving over a death.
いたむUsage4%

Etymology

The kanji 悼 combines the heart radical 忄 with 卓, suggesting a heart heavy with sorrow. The reading いたむ is native Japanese and related to 痛む (to hurt), reflecting emotional pain.