嫉む
そねむ · sonemu
To be jealous of, to envy, to begrudge
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 嫉みますそねみます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 嫉みませんそねみません |
| Polite past (ました) | 嫉みましたそねみました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 嫉みませんでしたそねみませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 嫉みましょうそねみましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 嫉みそねみ |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 嫉みたいそねみたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 嫉みながらそねみながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 嫉んでそねんで |
| Plain past (た形) | 嫉んだそねんだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 嫉んだらそねんだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 嫉んでいるそねんでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 嫉まないそねまない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 嫉まなかったそねまなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 嫉まなくてそねまなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 嫉めるそねめる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 嫉めばそねめば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 嫉めそねめ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 嫉もうそねもう |
| Passive (受身形) | 嫉まれるそねまれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 嫉ませるそねませる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 嫉まされるそねまされる |
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What does 嫉む mean?
To be jealous of, to envy, to begrudge.
How do you pronounce 嫉む?
そねむ (sonemu). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
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