Japanese

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

Etymology

edit

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

edit

Adjective

edit

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

  1. uneasy, worrying

Inflection

edit

Noun

edit

(しん)(ぱい) (shinpai

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

Derived terms

edit
edit

Idioms

edit

Verb

edit

(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

edit

References

edit
  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