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This page lists vocabulary that uses kanji 憂, together with readings and short meaning cues.

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The current data lists 59 vocabulary entries that use kanji 憂.

Kanji 憂 Words: Meanings and Readings

憂える

うれえる

to lament

浮世

うきよ

(the world of the) red light districts

一喜一憂

いっきいちゆう

alternating between happiness and anxiety

憂き目

うきめ

bitter experience

憂国

ゆうこく

patriotic concern for the future of one's country

憂い

うれい

sorrow

憂鬱

ゆううつ

depression

憂慮

ゆうりょ

anxiety

杞憂

きゆう

needless fear

内憂外患

ないゆうがいかん

troubles both at home and abroad

憂さ

うさ

gloom

遠慮なければ近憂あり

えんりょなければきんゆうあり

plan ahead or you will soon have worries

遠慮近憂

えんりょきんゆう

failure to think of the long term leads to grief in the short term

仮の憂き世

かりのうきよ

this transient world

外憂

がいゆう

external troubles

慨世憂国

がいせいゆうこく

worrying about the conditions of the country out of sheer patriotism

後顧の憂い

こうこのうれい

anxiety (about the future)

深憂

しんゆう

deep sadness

先憂後楽

せんゆうこうらく

worrying before one's people worry, enjoying oneself only after one's people have enjoyed themselves (a precept to be observed by a ruler)

同憂

どうゆう

sharing the same concern

内憂

ないゆう

internal troubles

備えあれば憂いなし

そなえあればうれいなし

if you are prepared you don't have to worry

備えあれば憂えなし

そなえあればうれえなし

if you are prepared you don't have to worry

浮き名

うきな

bad reputation

物憂い

ものうい

languid

物憂げ

ものうげ

languorous

無憂樹

むうじゅ

ashoka tree (Saraca asoca)

憂い

うい

unhappy

憂いを帯びた顔

うれいをおびたかお

sorrowful look

憂い顔

うれいがお

sad face

憂い事

うれいごと

bitter experience

憂い悩む

うれいなやむ

to be grievously troubled

憂うべき

うれうべき

deplorable

憂え

うれえ

anxiety

憂き

うき

unhappy

憂き身

うきみ

wretched life

憂き身をやつす

うきみをやつす

to be absorbed in

憂き目を見る

うきめをみる

to have a hard time of it

憂さを晴らしに

うさをはらしに

for amusement

憂さを晴らす

うさをはらす

to forget one's troubles by doing something enjoyable

憂さ晴らし

うさばらし

diversion (from one's worries, troubles, etc.)

憂ふ

うれう

to worry

憂わしい

うれわしい

wretched

憂患

ゆうかん

sorrow

憂苦

ゆうく

trouble

憂虞

ゆうぐ

anxiety

憂国慨世

ゆうこくがいせい

worrying about the conditions of the country out of sheer patriotism

憂思

ゆうし

grieving

憂愁

ゆうしゅう

melancholy

憂色

ゆうしょく

melancholy air

憂心

ゆうしん

grieving heart

憂世

ゆうせい

worrying about world conditions

憂戚

ゆうせき

grief

憂憤

ゆうふん

grief and anger

憂悶

ゆうもん

anguish

憂哭

うきね

sobbing

憂懼

ゆうく

fear

憂鬱質

ゆううつしつ

susceptibility to depression

憂鬱症

ゆううつしょう

melancholia