憂

Meaning

憂 centers on a heavy, inward emotional state: sadness, melancholy, grieving, or anxious worry. The meanings all describe a troubled heart.

• 憂鬱ゆううつ
  N2

  depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency

• 憂さうさ

  gloom; sadness; melancholy; despondency; cares; worries

• 憂いうれい

  sorrow; grief; anguish; distress

• 憂慮ゆうりょ

  anxiety; concern; fear

• 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

• 杞憂きゆう

  needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry

• 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

• 憂ふうれう

  to worry; to be concerned

• 憂さ晴らしうさばらし

  diversion (from one's worries, troubles, etc.); distraction; amusement

• 物憂いものうい

  languid; weary; listless; melancholy

• 憂えうれえ

  lamentation

• 憂えるうれえる

  to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about

• 内憂外患ないゆうがいかん

  troubles both at home and abroad

• 仮の憂き世かりのうきよ

  this transient world

• 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 storm

• 備えあれば憂えなしそなえあればうれえなし

  if you are prepared you don't have to worry; 'tis good to have a shelter against every storm; when one is prepared, difficulties do not come

• 先憂後楽せんゆうこうらく

  worrying before one's people worry, enjoying oneself only after one's people have enjoyed themselves (a precept to be observed by a ruler)

• 内憂ないゆう

  internal troubles; domestic discord

• 同憂どうゆう

  sharing the same concern

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