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焦慮 (しょうりょ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
impatience ; worry ; anxiety
A somewhat formal or literary term for a state of restless worry and impatience. Often used in the expression 焦慮する to describe being consumed by anxious impatience.
事じ 態たい の 進しん 展てん の 遅おそ さ に 、 社しゃ 長ちょう は 日ひ 々び 焦しょう 慮りょ し て いる 。
The president is growing increasingly impatient and worried every day over the slow progress of the situation.
Kanji 慮 prudence, thought, concern Similar words 焦あせ り 焦り is a more common, everyday word for impatience or feeling rushed, while 焦慮 is a formal, literary term that also carries a nuance of worry.
不ふ 安あん 不安 is a general term for anxiety or unease, without the strong element of impatience that 焦慮 implies.
Etymology Compound of 焦 (impatience, fret) and 慮 (thought, concern). The combination conveys a state of anxious, impatient worry.
