心配

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: 2
はい > ぱい
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

From the native Japanese word (こころ)(くば) (kokorokubari). Can be analyzed as (しん) (shin, heart) + (はい) (hai, concern oneself with).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んぱい [shìńpáí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕĩmpa̠i]

Adjective

(しん)(ぱい) • (shinpai-na (adnominal (しん)(ぱい) (shinpai na), adverbial (しん)(ぱい) (shinpai ni))

  1. uneasy, worrying

Inflection

Noun

(しん)(ぱい) • (shinpai

  1. anxiety, concern, worry, uneasiness
  2. good offices

Derived terms

Idioms

  • (しん)(ぱい)でならない (shinpai de naranai): can't help worrying
  • (しん)(ぱい)なく, ()(しん)(ぱい)なく (go-shinpai naku): don't worry, never mind
  • (しん)(ぱい)()ける, (しん)(ぱい)をかける (shinpai o kakeru): cause someone to worry
  • (しん)(ぱい)()(よう) (shinpai muyō): Don't worry about it

Verb

(しん)(ぱい)する • (shinpai surusuru (stem (しん)(ぱい) (shinpai shi), past (しん)(ぱい)した (shinpai shita))

  1. worry, be anxious
  2. take care of, help

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN