悒ゆう々ゆう

taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle

sad; melancholy

Obsolete literary term describing a deeply sorrowful or melancholy state. Used in classical Japanese texts as a taru-adjective or adverb with と.

• 古ふるい和わ歌かに「悒ゆう々ゆうとして暮くらす」という表ひょう現げんが見みられる。

  In old waka poetry, one finds the expression 'living in melancholy'.