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憂

憂 — melancholy, grieve, lament

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ユウ
Kun
うれえる, うれい, うい, うき
Strokes
15
JLPT
N1
School grade
8

Common words with 憂

  • 憂慮ゆうりょanxiety; concern; fearCommon
  • 一喜一憂いっきいちゆうalternating between happiness and anxiety; swinging between joy and sorrow; bei…Common

    彼は試合の結果に一喜一憂している。
    He is now glad, now sad at the progress of the game.

  • 憂いうれいsorrow; grief; anguish; distressCommon

    憂いの反面には喜びがあるものだ。
    Every cloud has a silver lining.

  • 憂国ゆうこくpatriotic concern for the future of one's countryCommon
  • 憂き目うきめbitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardshipCommon
  • 憂えるうれえるto worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to stress overCommon
  • 憂鬱ゆううつdepression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondencyCommon
  • 杞憂きゆうneedless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worryOccasional
  • 内憂外患ないゆうがいかんtroubles both at home and abroadOccasional
  • 憂さうさgloom; sadness; melancholy; despondency; cares; worriesOccasional
  • 憂鬱症ゆううつしょうmelancholia; severe depressionRare
  • 憂鬱質ゆううつしつsusceptibility to depressionRare
  • 憂いういunhappy; sad; miserable; wretched; gloomy; melancholic; bitterRare
  • 憂い顔うれいがおsad face; sorrowful face; anxious look; sad countenanceRare
  • 憂い事うれいごとbitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughtsRare
  • 憂心ゆうしんgrieving heartRare
  • 外憂がいゆうexternal troubles; foreign threatRare
  • 憂いるうれいるto worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to stress overRare
  • 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 agains…Rare
  • 憂い悩むうれいなやむto be grievously troubledRare

With the N5–N1 kanji, you can read 48 words that use 憂.

  • 憂慮 ゆうりょ anxiety; concern; fear
  • 憂い うれい sorrow; grief; anguish; distress
  • 憂国 ゆうこく patriotic concern for the future of one's country
  • 憂き目 うきめ bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
  • 憂える うれえる to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to stress over

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