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 心配(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

  • 心配(しんぱい)でならない (shinpai de naranai): can't help worrying
  • 心配(しんぱい)なく (go-shinpai naku), 御心配(ごしんぱい)なく (go-shinpai naku): don't worry, never mind
  • 心配(しんぱい)()ける (shinpai o kakeru), 心配(しんぱい)をかける (shinpai o kakeru): cause someone to worry
  • 心配無用(しんぱいむよう) (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. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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