憂

melancholy, grieve, lament, be anxious, sad, unhappy

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ユウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

う.いう.きうれ.いうれ.える

Nanori (名乗り)

ゆ

Stroke Order

15 / 15

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:15

JLPT:N1

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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