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憂鬱

憂鬱

See also: 忧郁

Chinese

worried dense (growth); melancholy
trad. (憂鬱)
simp. (忧郁)

Adjective

憂鬱

  1. sad; depressed; melancholic; dejected

Noun

憂鬱

  1. melancholy; depression; dejection

Synonyms


Japanese

Kanji in this term
ゆう
Grade: S
うつ
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Adjectival noun

憂鬱 (-na inflection, hiragana ゆううつ, romaji yūutsu)

  1. depressed, melancholic
    身体 (からだ)調子 (ちょうし) (わる)くて憂鬱 (ゆううつ)だ。
    Karada no chōshi ga warukute yūutsu da.
    I feel depressed about my poor health.

Inflection

Noun

憂鬱 (hiragana ゆううつ, romaji yūutsu)

  1. melancholy, depression, dejection

Compounds

References

  1. Takebayashi, Shigeru (1993) The Kenkyusha Japanese-English Leaner's Pocket Dictionary, Tōkyō: Kenkyūsha, ISBN 978-4-7674-2305-0.
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

憂鬱 (u-ul) (hangeul 우울)

  1. Hanja form? of 우울, “melancholy, depression, dejection”.