病む

やむ

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Intransitive to fall ill
2. Godan verb, Transitive to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
3. to be depressed; to feel down; to have mental health issues

Kanji

• 病 illness. Read as やむ.

Example sentences

• 彼女は心臓を病んでいる。
  She is troubled with heart disease.
• 彼女は痛風を病んでいる。
  She is affected with the gout.
• トムはメアリーの発言が自分への当てつけなのだと思い込んで気に病んでいたが、実はメアリーは自嘲的に自分自身のことを語っていただけだった。
  Tom was worried that Mary's words were indirectly aimed at him, but in truth she was only talking about herself in a self-depreciating manner.
• ディズニー好きを公言している女は，多くの場合精神を病んでいる。
  Women who claim to love Disney films are, in most cases, suffering mentally.
• 皆さんが気に病む必要はありません。
  You don't have to trouble yourselves.

Common phrases

• 精神を病む
• 気に病む (きにやむ) to worry (about)
• 心を病む (こころをやむ) to suffer mentally
• 肺を病む (はいをやむ) to suffer from tuberculosis

Words containing 病む

• 病み上がり (やみあがり) convalescence
• 病みつき (やみつき) being addicted to
• 病み垢 (やみアカ) social media account that only posts negative things

And 2 more.

Word lists

• JLPT N1
• Core 5000
• Spoken
• Written

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