患う

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
患
わずら Grade: S
kun'yomi

See also 患い, and 煩う

Attested in Man'yōshū (circa 759) with the sense "to worry (about), experience anguish". Meaning subsequently expanded to "suffer, undergo hardship" and then "be ill".^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) わずらう [wàzúráú] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
(Tokyo) わずらう [wàzúráꜜù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[2]
IPA^(key): [β̞a̠zɨɾa̠ɯ̟]

Verb

患(わずら)う • (wazurau) ^{←わづらふ (wadurafu)^?}godan (stem 患(わずら)い (wazurai), past 患(わずら)った (wazuratta))

to be ill with; to suffer from
結(けっ)核(かく)を患(わずら)う
kekkaku o wazurau
to be ill with tuberculosis

Conjugation

Conjugation of "患う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	患わ	わずらわ	wazurawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	患い	わずらい	wazurai
Shūshikei ("terminal")	患う	わずらう	wazurau
Rentaikei ("attributive")	患う	わずらう	wazurau
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	患え	わずらえ	wazurae
Meireikei ("imperative")	患え	わずらえ	wazurae
Key constructions
Passive	患われる	わずらわれる	wazurawareru
Causative	患わせる患わす	わずらわせるわずらわす	wazurawaseru wazurawasu
Potential	患える	わずらえる	wazuraeru
Volitional	患おう	わずらおう	wazuraō
Negative	患わない	わずらわない	wazurawanai
Negative continuative	患わず	わずらわず	wazurawazu
Formal	患います	わずらいます	wazuraimasu
Perfective	患った	わずらった	wazuratta
Conjunctive	患って	わずらって	wazuratte
Hypothetical conditional	患えば	わずらえば	wazuraeba

Synonyms

罹(かか)る (kakaru)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
患
うれ Grade: S
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 患う – see the following entry.

【うれう】

[verb] to worry, be anxious, lament

[verb] (transitive) to worry (about), be distressed (by)

Alternative spellings
憂う, 愁う

(This term, 患う, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

^ “わずら・う［わづらふ］【煩・患】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NKD-1] “わずら・う［わづらふ］【煩・患】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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