うつ病びょう

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

Refers to clinical depression as a medical condition. Often used in contexts of diagnosis, treatment, and mental health.

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He was diagnosed with depression.

うつ病びょうの治ち療りょうには時じ間かんがかかることが多おおい。

Treatment for depression often takes time.

〈人ひと〉がうつ病びょうにかかるfor someone to develop depression
彼かれは去きょ年ねんうつ病びょうにかかった。
He developed depression last year.
うつ病びょうを発はっ症しょうするto develop the onset of depression
ストレスが原げん因いんでうつ病びょうを発はっ症しょうすることがある。
Depression can be triggered by stress.
うつ病びょうと診しん断だんされるto be diagnosed with depression
彼かの女じょは医い者しゃにうつ病びょうと診しん断だんされた。
She was diagnosed with depression by a doctor.
うつ病びょうが悪あっ化かするfor depression to worsen
治ち療りょうを受うけないと、うつ病びょうが悪あっ化かすることがある。
If left untreated, depression can worsen.
うつ病びょうから回かい復ふくするto recover from depression
彼かれはゆっくりとうつ病びょうから回かい復ふくした。
He gradually recovered from depression.

抑よく鬱うつ
抑うつ describes a depressed mood or state in general, while うつ病 is the specific diagnosed medical condition.
憂ゆう鬱うつN2
憂鬱 is an everyday word for feeling gloomy or blue, whereas うつ病 refers to the clinical illness itself.
メランコリー
メランコリー is a literary or old-fashioned loanword for melancholy, while うつ病 is the standard modern medical term.
鬱うつ
鬱病 specifically refers to the medical condition of depression, while 鬱 can be used more broadly and casually for low spirits or the general concept of depression.

憂ゆう鬱うつN2
憂うつ describes a temporary feeling of gloom, while うつ病 names the diagnosable illness, and the two are easily mixed up because they share the same うつ sound.
ノイローゼN1
うつ病 is a specific medical diagnosis for depression, whereas ノイローゼ is a vaguer, non-clinical term for nervous strain that may or may not involve depressive symptoms.

うつ病びょうUsage83%
Standard modern spelling; the kanji 鬱 is complex, so the kana-mixed form うつ病 is widely used.
鬱うつ病びょうUsage16%
Full kanji spelling; common in medical or formal contexts, but the 鬱 kanji is difficult to write.
ウツ病びょうUsage1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only variant using katakana for the first part.

Compound of 鬱 (うつ, 'depression, gloom') and 病 (びょう, 'illness'). The kanji 鬱 is complex, leading to the common kana-mixed spelling うつ病.

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