陰いん鬱うつ

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Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal

Describes a dark, oppressive atmosphere or a deeply melancholic state of mind. Used for weather, places, moods, and personalities.

今日きょうは空そらが陰いん鬱うつで、雨あめが降ふりそうだ。
The sky is gloomy today; it looks like rain.
彼かれは失しつ業ぎょうしてから陰いん鬱うつな表ひょう情じょうをしている。
He has had a melancholy expression since losing his job.

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Kanji

陰shade, yin, negative
鬱gloom, depression, melancholy
欝gloom, depression, melancholy

Related words

憂ゆう鬱うつN2
陰鬱 is a more literary word for a dark, dismal mood or atmosphere, while 憂鬱 is the everyday word for feeling depressed or gloomy.
陰いん気きN1
陰鬱 is a more literary, intense synonym of 陰気, often used for oppressive weather or atmosphere.

Written forms

陰いん鬱うつUsage81%
Standard kanji spelling.
陰いんうつUsage9%
Simplified spelling using kana for the second character; common in everyday writing.
陰いん欝うつUsage8%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 欝 is a variant of 鬱.
いんうつUsage2%

Etymology

Compound of 陰 (in, 'shade; dark') and 鬱 (utsu, 'gloom; depression'). The kanji combination directly conveys a sense of oppressive darkness and melancholy.