煩う

• 読み: わずらう
• ローマ字: wazurau
• 漢字の分解: 煩 (han/wazurai) — trouble, worry, anguish
• 発音: /wa.zɯ.ɾa.ɯ/

意味

To worry about; to be troubled by; to suffer from. Describes a state of persistent mental anguish or physical ailment that weighs on a person.

A Group 1 (godan) intransitive verb ending in う (わずら-う stem). It encompasses both chronic suffering from illness (病に煩う) and persistent psychological torment (悩みに煩う). The nuance is of something prolonged and burdensome, distinguishing it from momentary worry. It appears in literary and formal registers more than in casual speech.

例文

1. 進路について長く煩ったが、最終的には留学を選んだ。
2. 彼女は長年の持病に煩いながらも、研究を続けてきた。
3. 些細なことに煩うのは時間の無駄だと、ようやく気づいた。

使い方ガイド

場面: literary, illness, psychology, philosophy, classical texts

トーン: introspective

起源と歴史

Derived from the kanji 煩 (han/wazurai), which combines fire (火) with a page (頁), evoking the image of the head being heated with worry. The verb form 煩う has classical roots and is found in Buddhist texts describing the anguish of the human condition.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Educated