taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle
Obsolete literary term describing a deeply sorrowful or melancholy state. Used in classical Japanese texts as a taru-adjective or adverb with と.
In old waka poetry, one finds the expression 'living in melancholy'.
Obsolete kanji spelling; 悒 is not a Jōyō kanji. The repetition mark 々 is used.
Kana spelling for search convenience; the word is obsolete and rarely written in modern Japanese.
Obsolete kanji spelling without the repetition mark.
Obsolete variant kanji spelling; 邑 is not a Jōyō kanji.
Obsolete variant kanji spelling without the repetition mark.
The exact derivation is uncertain. The kanji 悒 means 'sorrowful' or 'melancholy', and the reduplicated form 悒々 intensifies the meaning. The reading ゆうゆう is the on'yomi of the kanji.