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悶

悶: agonize

agonize; be in anguish
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Readings

On
モン
Kun
もだえる・もだえる

Reads もん in 悶着 and 悶々 (もんもん); the verb 悶える reads もだえる. 苦悶 (くもん) is anguish.

Key words

悶えるもだえるto writhe; to be in agony
悶々もんもんtormented; fretful
悶着もんちゃくtrouble; quarrel
苦悶くもんagony
悶絶もんぜつfainting in agony

Example sentences

While waiting for the exam results, I fretted all night and couldn't sleep.

There was a bit of a quarrel among the relatives over how to divide the inheritance.

In terrible pain, the man was writhing on the floor.

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