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憂心 (ゆうしん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

憂ゆう心しん

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Meanings

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noun

grieving heart; sorrowful mind

Literary or classical term for a heart filled with grief or anxiety. Not used in casual conversation; appears in older literature or poetic contexts.

彼かれの憂ゆう心しんは、古ふるい和わ歌かの中なかに深ふかく刻きざまれている。
His grieving heart is deeply etched in the old waka poem.

Kanji

憂melancholy, grieve, lament
心heart, mind, spirit

Similar words

憂うれい
憂い is a more common word for sorrow or grief, while 憂心 is a rarer, more literary compound.
心しん配ぱい
心配 is the everyday word for worry or concern; 憂心 is a much heavier, poetic term for deep grief.

Etymology

Compound of 憂 (grief, sorrow) and 心 (heart, mind). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; it is a classical Chinese-style compound used in literary Japanese.