あたまをなやます – Vocabulary details

あたまをなやます

Expression

Verb (5-dan, す)

1. to rack one's brains

そして、彼かれはこの問もん題だいに頭あたまを悩なやませていたようだ。And it seems he was racking his brains over this problem.

head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top

to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest

一いち同どうはあたまをなやませた。

The group racked their brains.

どれだけあたまをなやませようと、答こたえは出でない。

No matter how much you rack your brains, you won't get an answer.

彼かれはいつも些さ細さいな事ことであたまをなやましている。

He always troubles himself about minor things.

そして、彼かれはこの問もん題だいにあたまをなやませていたようだ。

And it seems he was racking his brains over this problem.

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