憂ゆう思し

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

grieving; sorrowful brooding

A literary, somewhat archaic term for deep, lingering sorrow or anxious brooding. In modern Japanese, 悲しみ or 憂鬱 are more common. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'to grieve' or 'to be lost in sorrowful thought'.

• 彼かれは故こ郷きょうを離はなれてから、深ふかい憂ゆう思しに沈しずんだ。

  After leaving his hometown, he sank into deep grieving.

• 古こ典てん文ぶん学がくには、憂ゆう思しする人ひとの姿すがたがよく描えがかれている。

  In classical literature, figures lost in sorrowful brooding are often depicted.