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

On'yomi
ユウ
Kun'yomi
うれ.える、うれ.い、う.い、う.き
Parts
一冖夂心白自similar kanji →
JLPT N215 strokesSecondary#1625 most commonU+6182

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Words using 憂

  • 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 pessimismN5
  • 憂いうれいsorrow; grief; anguish; distressN5
  • 憂国ゆうこくpatriotic concern for the future of one's countryN5
  • 憂慮ゆうりょanxiety; concern; fearN5
  • 憂き目うきめbitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardshipN5
  • 憂えるうれえるto worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned aboutN5
  • 憂鬱ゆううつdepression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondencyN5
  • 物憂いものういlanguid; weary; listless; melancholyN3
  • 憂いういunhappy; sad; miserable; wretched; gloomy; melancholic; bitterN3
  • 憂鬱症ゆううつしょうmelancholia; severe depressionN3
  • 憂患ゆうかんsorrow; worry; distressN3
  • 憂思ゆうしgrievingN3
  • 憂愁ゆうしゅうmelancholy; gloom; griefN3
  • 憂色ゆうしょくmelancholy air; anxious look; traces of sorrow; gloomN3
  • 憂世ゆうせいworrying about world conditionsN3
  • 杞憂きゆうneedless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worryN3
  • 深憂しんゆうdeep sadness; great worryN3
  • 憂虞ゆうぐanxiety; fearN3
  • 外憂がいゆうexternal troubles; foreign threatN3
  • 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 against every stormN3