表層形
妬む
ネタム
動詞
妬む (ネタム)
Netamu · ねたむ — to be jealous of, to envy, to begrudge
Other ways to say “to be jealous of” in Japanese →
妬む in rōmaji: netamu.
動詞
一般
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🔤 五段-マ行 📐 終止形-一般
Updated: 2026年8月19日
📖 Grammar Information
| 表層形 (Surface) |
妬む
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|---|---|
| 読み (Reading) |
ネタム
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| 品詞 (POS) |
動詞・一般・*・*
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| 活用型 (Conj. Type) |
五段-マ行
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| 活用形 (Conj. Form) |
終止形-一般
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
妬む
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| 読み・基本形 |
ネタム
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| 表記・基本形 |
妬む
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| 見出し語の読み |
ネタム
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💡 English Meaning
妬む means “to be jealous of, to envy, to begrudge” — full definition & examples →
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ネタム
動詞一般**
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⚡ 五段 (Godan/U-verb) Conjugations
| ます形 (Polite) |
妬みます
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| て形 (Te-form) |
妬んで
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| 過去形 (Past) |
妬んだ
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| 否定形 (Negative) |
妬まない
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| 意向形 (Volitional) |
妬みましょう
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| 可能形 (Potential) |
妬める
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| 受身形 (Passive) |
妬まれる
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| 使役形 (Causative) |
妬ませる
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Did you know · 動詞
動詞 (verbs) come at the end of a Japanese sentence. They conjugate for tense, politeness, negation, and mood — this entry shows the base (dictionary) form.
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The surface form (妬む) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (妬む) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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