grief; sorrow; lamentation; mourning
Deep sadness, often expressed openly or in a literary context. Can refer to personal grief or public mourning.
A feeling of unease or worry about the future. Often used in formal or literary contexts.
Only when written 患え
Rare, archaic use for physical illness. Modern Japanese prefers 病気 or 患い.
Many people wept in grief over his death.
The poem is filled with deep sorrow.
Anxiety about the future never leaves his mind.
In old documents, examples of 患え used to mean illness can be found.
Modern word for illness; 患え is archaic and rarely used today.
worry about; be anxious about; be concerned about · lament; grieve; feel sorrow for
Most common kanji for grief, lamentation, and anxiety.
Alternative kanji for sorrow and grief; less common than 憂え.
Rare kanji for illness; mostly seen in older texts.
Derived from the verb 憂う (うれう), meaning to grieve or worry. The noun form 憂え represents the state or feeling of that verb.