Info on the Kanji 憂

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Meaning(s)

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

Reading(s)

onyomi YUU
kunyomi ure-eru, ure-i, u-i

Other

stroke count 15
grade s
jlpt level N1
Example words with 憂
WordMeaning
そとゆう
soto yuu
external troubles
しんゆう
shin yuu
deep sadness / great worry
どうゆう
dou yuu
sharing the same concern
ないゆう
naiyuu
internal or domestic troubles
うれい
urei
unhappy / sad / gloomy
うれえ
uree
lamentation / grief / anguish / anxiety / illness / mourning
うさ
usa
gloom / melancholy
ゆううつ
yuuutsu
depression / melancholy / dejection / gloom
ゆうかん
yuu kan
sorrow / worry / distress
ゆうく
yuu ku
trouble / distress / sorrow
ゆうぐ
yuu gu
anxiety / fear
ゆうこく
yuukoku
patriotism
ゆうおもい
yuu omoi
grieving
ゆうこと
yuu koto
bitter experience / misery / distress / grief / sad thoughts
ゆうしゅう
yuushuu
melancholy / gloom / grief
ゆうしょく
yuushoku
melancholy air / anxious look / traces of sorrow / gloom
ゆうこころ
yuu kokoro
grieving heart
ゆうみ
yuu mi
life of misery
ゆうよ
yuu yo
fleeting life / this transient world / sad world
ゆうせき
yuu seki
grief
ゆうふん
yuu fun
grief and anger
ゆうめ
yuu me
bitter experience / misery / distress / grief / sad thoughts / hardship
ゆうもん
yuu mon
anguish / mortification
ゆうりょ
yuuryo
anxiety / concern / fear
ゆうこく
yuu koku
sobbing
ゆうく
yuu ku
fear / apprehension / dread
ゆううつ
yuuutsu
depression / melancholy / dejection / gloom
きゆう
kiyuu
absurd fear / needless anxiety
ものうい
monoui
languid / weary / listless / melancholy
ものゆうげ
mono yuu ge
languorous / weary / listless
い顔うれいかお
urei kao
sad face / sorrowful face / anxious look / sad countenance
い事うれいこと
urei koto
bitter experience / misery / distress / grief / sad thoughts
うつうれうつ
ureu tsu
depression / melancholy / dejection / gloom
えるうれえる
uree ru
to grieve / to lament / to be anxious / to be distressed
き身ゆうきみ
yuu ki mi
wretched life
き世うきよ
ukiyo
fleeting life / this transient world / sad world
き名ゆうきめい
yuu ki mei
bad reputation
き目うきめ
ukime
bitter experience / misery / distress / grief / sad thoughts / hardship
欝症ゆううつしょう
yuuutsu shou
melancholia / hypochondria
晴しゆうせいし
yuu sei shi
diversion / distraction
鬱質ゆううつしつ
yuuutsu shitsu
susceptibility to depression
鬱症ゆううつしょう
yuuutsu shou
severe depression
ものものうれい
mono urei
languid / weary / listless / melancholy
ものものゆうげ
mono yuu ge
languorous / weary / listless
遠慮近えんりょきんゆう
enryo kin yuu
failure to think of the long term leads to grief in the short term
慨世がいよゆうこく
gai yo yuukoku
worrying about the conditions of the country out of sheer patriotism
後楽さきゆうこうらく
saki yuu kouraku
hardship now, pleasure later / seeking pleasure only after dealing with difficulties / seeking pleasure only after the happiness of the people is assured
外患ないゆうがいかん
naiyuugaikan
troubles both at home and abroad
い悩むうれいなやむ
urei nayamu
to be grievously troubled
うべきうれうべき
ureu beki
deplorable / alarming / grievous / lamentable
わしいうれわしい
urewa shii
wretched / sad
国慨世ゆうこくがいよ
yuukoku gai yo
worrying about the conditions of the country out of sheer patriotism
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来る途中、お店に寄って食材を買って来たんです。備えあればいなし、です。

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元気な声がそのまま返ってくる。杞だったかな・・・。



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