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憂懼 (ゆうく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

憂ゆう懼く

ゆ

う

く

Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

fear; apprehension; dread

Literary or formal noun and suru-verb expressing deep worry or foreboding. Rare in everyday speech; more common in written or elevated contexts.

彼かれは将しょう来らいを憂ゆう懼くしている。
He is apprehensive about the future.
その知しらせ

に

人ひと

々びと

は

憂ゆう

懼く

の

念ねん

を

抱いだ

い

た

。

The news filled people with a sense of dread.

Kanji

憂melancholy, grieve, lament
懼fear, overawed

Similar words

恐きょう怖ふ
恐怖 is the common word for 'fear' or 'terror' in everyday Japanese, while 憂懼 is a rarer, more literary term with a nuance of anxious foreboding.
不ふ安あん
不安 is the standard word for 'anxiety' or 'unease' and is much more frequent than 憂懼, which carries a heavier, more formal tone.

Etymology

Compound of 憂 (ゆう, 'grief, worry') and 懼 (く, 'fear, dread'). Both kanji are relatively rare in modern Japanese, and the word is primarily found in literary or formal writing.