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 suru) suru (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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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