音読み: リン
訓読み: のぞむ
画数: 18
部首: しん（臣）
Meaning
Face / Attend / Confront / Be Present
- Basic forms
- 臨む — face; attend; be present at / base form
- 臨みます — faces; attends / masu form
- 臨んだ — faced; attended / ta form
- 臨んで — facing …; attending … / te form
- 臨まない — do not face; do not attend / negative
- 臨めば — if (one) faces; if (one) attends / conditional
- Common expressions
- 試合に臨む — take part in a match
- 会議に臨む — attend a meeting
- 本番に臨む — face the real performance
- More
- 臨みたい — want to face; want to attend / 〜たい form
- 臨もう — let’s face it; let’s attend / 〜よう form
- 臨んでいる — is facing; is attending / state
臨む（のぞむ） is a godan verb. It is often used in formal or serious contexts to describe facing an event, attending an important occasion, or standing before something that requires readiness.
- 臨時 — temporary
- 臨場 — being on-site
- 臨海 — coastal
- 臨戦 — going to battle
- 臨む — to face / to attend / to deal with
- 臨機応変 — adapt to circumstances
Formed with the semantic 臣 (“minister/retainer”) plus a phonetic element historically related to 覧. It originally meant “to approach and observe closely,” and now broadly covers facing a situation or attending formally.