Word Meaning 由々しい

ゆゆしい yuyushii

由々しい is read as ゆゆしい (yuyushii) and means grave.

Meaning

English

  1. grave
  2. serious
  3. alarming

Reading

Kana

ゆゆしい

Romaji

yuyushii

Writing Variants

  • 由由しい ゆゆしい yuyushii

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 20634 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

由緒正しい

ゆいしょただしい

having an ancient and honorable origin

よし

piece of information that one has heard

由来

ゆらい

originally

由緒

ゆいしょ

history

由なし事

よしなしごと

trivial thing

由来書

ゆらいしょ

history

由有る

よしある

of rank

由なき

よしなき

meaningless

由ありげ

よしありげ

meaningful

知る由もない

しるよしもない

to have no way of knowing