痛む (いたむ, itamu) Japanese meaning: hurt | Kotomora

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痛む · godan verb (-mu)

Meanings

godan verb (-mu), intransitive verb

Only when written 痛む

Used for physical pain in body parts, or emotional pain. Often with が or は marking the painful part.

痛いためるN1sense 1
痛める is the transitive form meaning to hurt (a body part) or damage something, while 痛む is the intransitive form describing the resulting pain or damage.

痛いたいN5sense 1
痛い is an i-adjective describing a painful state (足が痛い), while 痛む is the verb describing the process of hurting or aching (足が痛む).
腐くさるN4sense 2
腐る specifically means to rot or spoil, especially food, while 痛む (sense 2) covers a broader range of damage or deterioration.
うずく sense 1
疼く describes a dull, throbbing pain, while 痛む is the general verb for hurting or aching of any kind.

保たもつN1
保つ (of food or goods) means it stays in good condition, while 傷む means it spoils or deteriorates.

悼いたむN1
悼む (same reading) means to mourn or grieve for someone's death, while 痛む means to hurt physically or to become damaged.
いたわるN1
痛む means to hurt or ache and sounds similar to 労る, but the two are unrelated in meaning—痛む describes pain, while 労る describes caring for someone.
傷きず付つくN2
傷む (いたむ) means an object decays or deteriorates over time (like spoiled food), whereas 傷つく (きずつく) means it gets a specific scratch, cut, or wound.

痛いたむUsage76%
Standard kanji for physical or emotional pain.
傷いたむUsage18%
Standard kanji for damage, spoilage, or injury to objects and food.
いたむUsage6%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing when the distinction between 痛む and 傷む is not important.

The verb いたむ is native Japanese. The kanji 痛 is used for pain, and 傷 for damage or injury, reflecting a semantic distinction in writing.