悩
distress, illness, in pain, trouble, worry
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Stroke Order
10 / 10
Information
Grade:8
Strokes:10
JLPT:2
Frequency:1084
Vocabulary
ノウ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 苦悩 | クノウ | (mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress |
| 煩悩 | ボンノウ | worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering) |
| 悩殺 | ノウサツ | fascinate; bewitch; enchant |
| 悩乱 | ノウラン | worry; anguish |
| 懊悩 | オウノウ | anguish; trouble; agony |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 伸び悩む | のびなやむ | to be sluggish; to make little progress; to show little growth; to fail to improve; to level off; to not grow as much as expected |
| 悩ます | なやます | to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest |
| 悩み | なやみ | trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish; agony; problem |
| 悩む | なやむ | to be worried; to be troubled |
| 思い悩む | おもいなやむ | to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do) |
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pray, wish
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渓
mountain stream, valley
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