Lingaku患う【わずらう】
Frequency rank: 17,942. – 18,020.
- to be ill; to suffer fromesp. 患う
- to worry about; to be concerned aboutonly applies to 煩う
- to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...esp. 煩う, after the -masu stem of a verb
Godan verb with 'u' ending; intransitive verb
auxiliary verb; Godan verb with 'u' ending
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to be ill; to suffer from
- to worry about; to be concerned about
- to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...
This meaning is used when referring to a physical or mental illness that affects someone's health.
She is afflicted with a mental illness.
This meaning conveys a sense of anxiety or concern regarding a situation or person.
This meaning is used when discussing difficulties that prevent someone from accomplishing something.
Generated collocations (experimental)
びょうき病気をわずらう患うto be illしんぱい心配をわずらう患うto worry aboutせいしんてき精神的にわずらう患うto suffer mentallyなやみ悩みをわずらう患うto be troubled by worriesしっかん疾患をわずらう患うto suffer from a diseaseけんこう健康をわずらう患うto have health issuesたにん他人のことでわずらう患うto be concerned about othersこのもんだい問題になやみ悩みをわずらう患うto have trouble with this issueえいきょう影響をわずらう患うto be affected (negatively)ちょうきてき長期的にわずらう患うto suffer in the long term
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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I always thought that suffering a heart attack was an omen of death.
Many people suffer from heart disease in Japan, but in Libya those having heart attacks have also increased a lot recently.
To my regret, my father could not recover from his long illness.
The children appear to be suffering from Kawasaki disease.