Onyomi: ユウ · Kunyomi: う.い, う.き, うれ.い, うれ.える · Meanings: be anxious, grieve, lament, melancholy, sad, unhappy
Kanji for be anxious, grieve, lament, melancholy, sad
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| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 憂鬱 | ゆううつ | depression, melancholy, dejection, gloom, despondency | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi) |
| 浮世 | うきよ | fleeting life, this transient world, floating world | Noun |
| 憂き目 | うきめ | bitter experience, misery, distress, grief, sad thoughts, hardship | Noun |
| 浮き名 | うきな | rumour (of a love affair), rumor, romance, scandal | Noun |
| 憂鬱症 | ゆううつしょう | melancholia, severe depression | Noun |
| 憂い | うれい | sorrow, grief, anguish, distress | Noun |
| 憂国 | ゆうこく | patriotic concern for the future of one's country | Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 憂慮 | ゆうりょ | anxiety, concern, fear | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 憂える | うれえる | to worry about, to be anxious about, to be concerned about | common Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 憂さ | うさ | gloom, sadness, melancholy, despondency, cares, worries | Noun |
| 憂い | うい | unhappy, sad, miserable, wretched, gloomy, melancholic, bitter | I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 憂い事 | うれいごと | bitter experience, misery, distress, grief, sad thoughts | Noun |
| 憂鬱質 | ゆううつしつ | susceptibility to depression | Noun |
| 憂き身 | うきみ | wretched life, life of misery | Noun |
| 憂さを晴らしに | うさをはらしに | for amusement, by way of diversion (distraction from grief) | Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Adverb (fukushi) |