憂
be anxious, grieve, lament, melancholy, sad, unhappy
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
15 / 15
Information
Grade:8
Strokes:15
JLPT:1
Frequency:1625
Vocabulary
ユウ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 憂慮 | ユウリョ | anxiety; concern; fear |
| 憂鬱 | ユウウツ | depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency |
| 内憂外患 | ナイユウガイカン | troubles both at home and abroad |
| 憂国 | ユウコク | patriotic concern for the future of one's country |
| 杞憂 | キユウ | needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 憂える | うれえる | to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to feel sorrow for |
| 憂うつ | ゆううつ | depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency |
| 一喜一憂 | いっきいちゆう | alternating between happiness and anxiety; swinging between joy and sorrow; being glad and sad by turns; oscillating between optimism and pessimism |
| 憂い | うれい | sorrow; grief; anguish; distress; anxiety; worry; trouble; affliction; fear; misgivings |
| 憂き目 | うきめ | bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship |
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