Before, I wrote about the word 困る and explained that there is no one word in English that has the same meaning. You have to change your sentence depending on the situation. This time I would like to talk about a similar word, which is “悩む”. In a Japanese-English dictionary, this one has over 250 applicable translations! Again, it depends on the situation.
Here are some commonly used phrases:
- The person is thinking about it
- The person hasn’t decided
- The person doesn’t know what to (verb)
Now let’s look at some examples for the phrases above.
- The person is thinking about it
- I got three different job offers but I’m still thinking about which one to accept.
- The person hasn’t decided
- He hasn’t decided whether he should go to Europe or Africa for his graduation trip.
- The person doesn’t know what to (verb)
- My friend doesn’t know what to get her father for his 60th birthday.
Again, if you have a question about a specific situation and want to know what word or phrase is best, leave us a comment in English or Japanese and we’ll get back to you!