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気を揉む

きをもむ

to worry, to fret

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Examples

  1. 子どもの帰りに気を揉む。

    こどものかえりにきをもむ。

    I fret about my child getting home.

  2. 結果を待って気を揉んだ。

    けっかをまってきをもんだ。

    I fretted while waiting for the result.

  3. 天候が崩れないかと、主催者は気を揉んでいる。

    てんこうがくずれないかと、しゅさいしゃはきをもんでいる。

    The organizers are anxious about whether the weather will hold.

  4. 合格の連絡が来るまで、親のほうが気を揉んでいた。

    ごうかくのれんらくがくるまで、おやのほうがきをもんでいた。

    Until the acceptance letter came, it was the parents who were fretting.

Common patterns

一人で気を揉む
to fret on one's own
気を揉ませる
to keep someone worrying
陰で気を揉む
to worry quietly in the background

Memory tip

揉む is to knead or rub, so your feelings are being wrung about. The worrier is often a bystander such as a parent or an organizer who can only wait, and the causative 気を揉ませる means to keep someone anxious.

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