困らせる（こまらせる）
JLPT N4 · Ichidan verb (Group 2)
Pitch accent: nakadaka (middle-high) — pitch drops after mora 4
Meaning: to trouble / bother
Conjugation
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| masu-form (polite) | 困らせます | こまらせます |
| te-form | 困らせて | こまらせて |
| ta-form (past) | 困らせた | こまらせた |
| nai-form (negative) | 困らせない | こまらせない |
| potential form | 困らせられる | こまらせられる |
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Example sentences
- わがままを言って親を困らせる。 — He gives his parents a hard time by being selfish.
- 答えにくい質問で先生を困らせた。 — I put the teacher on the spot with a question that was hard to answer.
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