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悩む

なやむ

to be troubled, to worry

Mnemonic

The heart goes round the same thing at two in the morning and arrives back where it set off. Nay な, yam やむ, and the entrance exams again: なやむ.

Worth knowing

困る こまる is being stuck by a problem sitting in front of you, and 心配 しんぱい is the worry itself. 悩む is turning a thing over inside your own head.

Built from

be troubled
忄 a heart on the left and a head full of knots beside it, going round and round the same thing.

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