Kanji

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JLPT N1Jōyō · secondaryfreq #162515 strokes

Meanings

melancholy, grieve, lament, be anxious, sad, unhappy

ES: pesadumbre, inquietud, preocupación, estar apesadumbrado, estar inquieto, estar preocupado

On
ユウ
Kun
うれ.える、うれ.い、う.い、う.き

Common words

  • 憂鬱ゆううつdepression, melancholy, dejection, gloom, despondency
  • 憂いうれいsorrow, grief, anguish, distress
  • 憂国ゆうこくpatriotic concern for the future of one's country
  • 憂慮ゆうりょanxiety, concern, fear
  • 憂き目うきめbitter experience, misery, distress, grief, sad thoughts, hardship
  • 憂えるうれえるto worry about, to be anxious about, to be concerned about, to stress over
  • 一喜一憂いっきいちゆうalternating between happiness and anxiety, swinging between joy and sorrow, being glad and sad by turns, oscillating between optimism and pessimism

Example sentences

  • 雨あめが降ふると彼女かのじょは憂鬱ゆううつになる。

    When it rains, she feels blue.

    Cuando llueve, ella se siente triste.

    Tatoeba #189705(opens in a new tab)
  • 彼は憂うつな感情に打ちのめされた。

    He was overcome by a feeling of melancholy.

    Él se vio abrumado por una sensación de melancolía.

    Tatoeba #99272(opens in a new tab)

Dictionary data: JMdict and KANJIDIC2, property of the EDRDG, used under its licence (CC BY-SA 4.0).(opens in a new tab)

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