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患う

煩う

Reading

Kana: わずらう
Romaji: wazurau
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

v5u
vi
1

to be ill; to suffer from

Note: esp. 患う
2

to worry about; to be concerned about

Note: esp. 煩う
suf
v5u
3

to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...

Note: esp. 煩う, after the -masu stem of a verb

Kanji

Readings: カン、 わずら.う
Meanings: afflicted, disease, suffer from, be ill
Readings: ハン、 ボン、 わずら.う、 わずら.わす、 うるさ.がる、 うるさ.い
Meanings: anxiety, trouble, worry, pain, ill, annoy, nuisance, irksome

Example Sentences

(そな)えあれば(わずら)いなし。
➥Lay up for a rainy day.
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(かれ)(なが)(こと)わずらっている。
➥He has suffered through a long period of illness.
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以前(いぜん)乳腺炎(にゅうせんえん)をわずらいました。
➥I had mastitis before.
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(かれ)(わる)風邪(かぜ)をわずらった。
➥He suffered from a bad cold.
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去年(きょねん)中耳炎(ちゅうじえん)をわずらいました。
➥Last year I suffered from an inflammation of my middle ear.
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(かれ)肺炎(はいえん)をひどくわずらっている。
➥He is very ill with pneumonia.
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