憂うき身み

noun

wretched life; life of misery

Literary or poetic term for a life filled with suffering and hardship. Often appears in the set phrase 憂き身をやつす (to be absorbed in something, literally 'to disguise one's miserable life').

See also: 憂き身をやつす (うきみをやつす)

• 彼かれは憂うき身みをやつして研けん究きゅうに没ぼっ頭とうした。

  He devoted himself entirely to his research, forgetting his miserable life.

• 憂うき身みのままではいられないと、彼かの女じょは立たち上あがった。

  She stood up, determined not to remain in a life of misery.