Japanese

Adjective

鬱々 ‎(-tari inflection, hiragana うつうつ, romaji utsuutsu)

1. melancholy, gloomy

Adverb

鬱々 ‎(hiragana うつうつ, romaji utsuutsu)

1. melancholically, gloomily

Usage notes

The adverb is more commonly used with the と (to) particle (the basic adverbial marker for -tari adjectives), but in archaic contexts it is sometimes used as-is with no following particle.