病む
やむ
verb (godan)
to be ill; to suffer
自他動詞 transitive / intransitivehealth
See also:
止む (cease, stop)
Conjugation
| Affirmative | Negative | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 病む | 病まない |
| Present polite | 病みます | 病みません |
| Past | 病んだ | 病まなかった |
| Past polite | 病みました | 病みませんでした |
| て form | 病んで | 病まなくて |
| ている present | 病んでいる | 病んでいない |
| ている polite | 病んでいます | 病んでいません |
| ている past | 病んでいた | 病んでいなかった |
| ている past polite | 病んでいました | 病んでいませんでした |
| Conditional ば | 病めば | 病まなければ |
| Conditional たら | 病んだら | 病まなかったら |
| Volitional | 病もう | — |
| Volitional polite | 病みましょう | — |
| Potential | 病める | 病めない |
| Passive | 病まれる | 病まれない |
| Causative | 病ませる | 病ませない |
| Imperative | 病め | 病むな |
1.
to be ill; to fall sick
To become physically ill or to suffer from a disease. Often literary in tone.
2.
to be troubled; to be mentally unwell
To suffer psychologically, to be in mental anguish, or to have one's mind or heart affected by worry or distress. Very common in modern usage, especially in the form 病んでいる.
Usage
A godan verb (五段活用: 病まない、病みます、病む、病めば、病もう). While the physical illness sense (sense 1) is somewhat literary, the mental health sense (sense 2) is very common in modern Japanese, especially among younger speakers.
The ている form 病んでいる (colloquially 病んでる) is widely used in casual speech and online to describe someone who seems mentally troubled, depressed, or emotionally unstable. This casual usage has become pervasive in youth language.
Common collocations
Related Words
Related:
病 (illness (noun))