憂うれえ

noun

grief; sorrow; lamentation; mourning

Deep sadness, often expressed openly or in a literary context. Can refer to personal grief or public mourning.

• 彼かれの死しを憂うれえ、多おおくの人ひとが涙なみだを流ながした。

  Many people wept in grief over his death.

• 詩しには深ふかい憂うれえが込こめられている。

  The poem is filled with deep sorrow.

noun

anxiety; worry; concern

A feeling of unease or worry about the future. Often used in formal or literary contexts.

• 将しょう来らいへの憂うれえが彼かれの心こころを離はなれない。

  Anxiety about the future never leaves his mind.

noun

illness; sickness

Only when written 患え

Rare, archaic use for physical illness. Modern Japanese prefers 病気 or 患い.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには「患うれえ」を病やまいの意いで用もちいた例れいが見みられる。

  In old documents, examples of 患え used to mean illness can be found.