taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic
Describes a person's mood or atmosphere as heavy, depressed, and lacking hope. Often used with ～とした or ～としている to describe a state.
He has been looking gloomy lately.
When rainy days continue, I start to feel melancholy.
Usually written in kana; the kanji forms 鬱々, 鬱鬱, 欝々, 欝欝 are rare and may not be recognized by all readers.
Rare kanji spelling; the character 鬱 is complex and often avoided in everyday writing.
Rare kanji spelling; same as 鬱々 but using the repeated kanji form.
Rare variant using the simplified character 欝.
Rare variant using the simplified character 欝 in repeated form.
The reduplicated Sino-Japanese form 鬱々, from 鬱 “gloomy or depressed,” expresses a sustained state of melancholy.