Moto 憂: Melancholy; Grieve; LamentKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ユウ
- Kun'yomi
- うれ(える)、うれ(い)、う(い)、う(き)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 75 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ユウ)
- 憂慮ゆうりょanxiety; concern
- 一喜一憂いっきいちゆうnow rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow
- 内憂外患ないゆうがいかんtroubles both at home and abroad
- 憂国ゆうこくpatriotic concern for the future of one's country
- 憂鬱ゆううつdepression; melancholy
- 杞憂きゆうneedless fear; groundless apprehension
- 先憂後楽せんゆうこうらくworrying before one's people worry, enjoying oneself only after one's people have enjoyed themselves (a precept to be observed by a ruler)
- 内憂ないゆうinternal troubles; domestic discord
- 同憂どうゆうsharing the same concern
- 外憂がいゆうexternal troubles; foreign threat
- 慨世憂国がいせいゆうこくworrying about the conditions of the country out of sheer patriotism
- 憂うつゆううつdepression; melancholy
- 憂世ゆうせいworrying about world conditions
- 憂国慨世ゆうこくがいせいworrying about the conditions of the country out of sheer patriotism
- 憂心ゆうしんgrieving heart
- 憂思ゆうしgrieving
- 憂患ゆうかんsorrow; worry
- 憂悶ゆうもんanguish; mortification
- 憂愁ゆうしゅうmelancholy; gloom
- 憂憤ゆうふんgrief and anger
- 憂懼ゆうくfear; apprehension
- 憂戚ゆうせきgrief
- 憂欝ゆううつdepression; melancholy
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 憂いうれいsorrow; grief
- 憂えるうれえるto worry about; to be anxious about
- 憂き目うきめbitter experience; misery
- 憂さうさgloom; melancholy
- もの憂いものういlanguid; weary
- もの憂げものうげlanguorous; weary
- 仮の憂き世かりのうきよthis transient world
- 備えあれば憂いなしそなえあればうれいなしif you are prepared you don't have to worry; it's good to have a shelter against every storm
- 備えあれば憂い無しそなえあればうれいなしif you are prepared you don't have to worry; it's good to have a shelter against every storm
- 備えあれば憂えなしそなえあればうれえなしif you are prepared you don't have to worry; 'tis good to have a shelter against every storm
- 備え有れば憂え無しそなえあればうれえなしif you are prepared you don't have to worry; 'tis good to have a shelter against every storm
- 後顧の憂いこうこのうれいanxiety (about the future)
- 憂いを帯びた顔うれいをおびたかおsorrowful look
- 憂い事うれいごとbitter experience; misery
- 憂い悩むうれいなやむto be grievously troubled
- 憂い顔うれいがおsad face; sorrowful face
- 憂ううれうto worry; to be concerned
- 憂うべきうれうべきdeplorable; alarming
- 憂えうれえlamentation
- 憂きうきunhappy; sad
- 憂き世うきよfleeting life; this transient world
- 憂き名うきなrumour (of a love affair); rumor
- 憂き目を見るうきめをみるto have a hard time of it; to have a bitter experience
- 憂き身うきみwretched life; life of misery
- 憂き身をやつすうきみをやつすto be absorbed in; to devote oneself (to)
- 憂さばらしうさばらしdiversion (from e.g. one's worries); distraction
- 憂さをはらしにうさをはらしにfor amusement; by way of diversion (distraction from grief)
- 憂さを晴らしにうさをはらしにfor amusement; by way of diversion (distraction from grief)
- 憂さを晴らすうさをはらすto forget one's troubles by doing something enjoyable
- 憂さ晴らしうさばらしdiversion (from e.g. one's worries); distraction
- 憂わしいうれわしいwretched; sad
Other readings
- 仮の憂世かりのうきよthis transient world
- 憂き身を窶すうきみをやつすto be absorbed in; to devote oneself (to)
- 憂ふうれうto worry; to be concerned
- 憂事うれいごとbitter experience; misery
- 憂哭うきねsobbing
- 憂晴しうさばらしdiversion (from e.g. one's worries); distraction
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