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Japanese
Adjective
鬱々 • (utsuutsu) †-tari (adnominal 鬱々とした (utsuutsu to shita) or 鬱々たる (utsuutsu taru), adverbial 鬱々と (utsuutsu to) or 鬱々として (utsuutsu to shite))
- melancholy, gloomy
Adverb
鬱々 • (utsuutsu)
- melancholically, gloomily
Usage notes
The adverb is more commonly used with the と (to) particle (the basic adverbial marker for -tari adjectives), but in archaic contexts it is sometimes used as-is with no following particle.