妬む
ねたむ · netamu
To be jealous of, to envy, to begrudge
Other ways to say “to be jealous of” in Japanese →
falls after mora 2 · what is pitch accent?
Say it out loud
Press the microphone and say 妬む (ねたむ)
Your browser’s speech recognition checks whether it understood you (in Chrome, Google processes the audio). Nihoner doesn’t record anything.
Do you really know it?
Learn its family in 60 seconds
6 words that share a kanji with 妬む. Tap each card — then save only the ones that are new to you.
Your memory hook
Link the sound or the kanji to something you already know — a personal hook is one of the fastest ways to make a word stick. It’s saved to your free account with the word.
Kanji in this word
Can you write it? Draw kanji from memory →
Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 妬みますねたみます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 妬みませんねたみません |
| Polite past (ました) | 妬みましたねたみました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 妬みませんでしたねたみませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 妬みましょうねたみましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 妬みねたみ |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 妬みたいねたみたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 妬みながらねたみながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 妬んでねたんで |
| Plain past (た形) | 妬んだねたんだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 妬んだらねたんだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 妬んでいるねたんでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 妬まないねたまない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 妬まなかったねたまなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 妬まなくてねたまなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 妬めるねためる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 妬めばねためば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 妬めねため |
| Volitional (意向形) | 妬もうねたもう |
| Passive (受身形) | 妬まれるねたまれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 妬ませるねたませる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 妬まされるねたまされる |
Practise every form in the Conjugation Dojo →
Words that share a kanji
Questions
What does 妬む mean?
To be jealous of, to envy, to begrudge.
How do you pronounce 妬む?
ねたむ (netamu). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 妬む?
JLPT N1 — advanced. See the JLPT N1 guide.
How do I remember 妬む?
Say it out loud with an example sentence, test yourself above, then save it to your deck: Nihoner brings it back just before you would forget it (spaced repetition).
Save your words
Create a free account and they will be waiting in your review deck — Nihoner brings each one back right before you would forget it.
Free · no card · your words are kept