うきめ

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
憂き目
憂目 (dated)

Etymology

From うき (uki, attributive form of うし (ushi), the Classical Japanese form of adjective うい (ui, “sad”)) + め (me, “experience”).(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Noun

うきめ • (ukime) ←うきめ (ukime)?

  1. tragedy

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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