憂鬱

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See also: 忧郁

Chinese

worried dense (growth); melancholy
trad. (憂鬱) 憂 鬱
simp. (忧郁) 忧 郁

Pronunciation

Adjective

憂鬱

  1. sad; depressed; melancholic; dejected

Synonyms

Noun

憂鬱

  1. (psychology) (～症, ～病) depression

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
憂 鬱
ゆう
Grade: S 		うつ
Grade: S
kan'on
Alternative spellings
憂うつ
幽鬱
悒鬱

Etymology

/iu utu/ → /jɨuːt͡su/ → /juːut͡su/

From Middle Chinese compound 憂鬱 (MC 'juw 'jut, literally “worry + melancholy”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

憂(ゆう)鬱(うつ) • (yūutsu) ←いううつ (iuutu)?-na (adnominal 憂(ゆう)鬱(うつ)な (yūutsu na), adverbial 憂(ゆう)鬱(うつ)に (yūutsu ni))

  1. depressed, gloomy, melancholic
    Synonyms: 鬱 (utsu), メランコリック (merankorikku)
    身体(からだ)の(の)調(ちょう)子(し)が(が)悪(わる)くて憂(ゆう)鬱(うつ)だ。
    Karada no chōshi ga warukute yūutsu da.
    I feel depressed about my poor health.
  2. (of vegetation) thick, dense
    Synonym: 繁い (shigei)

Inflection

Inflection of 憂鬱
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 憂鬱だろ ゆううつだろ yūutsu daro
Continuative (連用形) 憂鬱で ゆううつで yūutsu de
Terminal (終止形) 憂鬱だ ゆううつだ yūutsu da
Attributive (連体形) 憂鬱な ゆううつな yūutsu na
Hypothetical (仮定形) 憂鬱なら ゆううつなら yūutsu nara
Imperative (命令形) 憂鬱であれ ゆううつであれ yūutsu de are
Key constructions
Informal negative 憂鬱ではない
憂鬱じゃない 		ゆううつではない
ゆううつじゃない 		yūutsu de wa nai
yūutsu ja nai
Informal past 憂鬱だった ゆううつだった yūutsu datta
Informal negative past 憂鬱ではなかった
憂鬱じゃなかった 		ゆううつではなかった
ゆううつじゃなかった 		yūutsu de wa nakatta
yūutsu ja nakatta
Formal 憂鬱です ゆううつです yūutsu desu
Formal negative 憂鬱ではありません
憂鬱じゃありません 		ゆううつではありません
ゆううつじゃありません 		yūutsu de wa arimasen
yūutsu ja arimasen
Formal past 憂鬱でした ゆううつでした yūutsu deshita
Formal negative past 憂鬱ではありませんでした
憂鬱じゃありませんでした 		ゆううつではありませんでした
ゆううつじゃありませんでした 		yūutsu de wa arimasen deshita
yūutsu ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive 憂鬱で ゆううつで yūutsu de
Conditional 憂鬱なら（ば） ゆううつなら（ば） yūutsu nara (ba)
Provisional 憂鬱だったら ゆううつだったら yūutsu dattara
Volitional 憂鬱だろう ゆううつだろう yūutsu darō
Adverbial 憂鬱に ゆううつに yūutsu ni
Degree 憂鬱さ ゆううつさ yūutsusa

Noun

憂(ゆう)鬱(うつ) • (yūutsu) ←いううつ (iuutu)?

  1. depression, dejection, gloom, melancholy
    Synonyms: 鬱 (utsu), デプレッション (depuresshon), メランコリー (merankorī)
    涼宮(すずみや)ハルヒの憂鬱(ゆううつ)
    Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu
    The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Takebayashi, Shigeru (1993) The Kenkyusha Japanese-English Learner's Pocket Dictionary, Tōkyō: Kenkyūsha, →ISBN.
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Anagrams

Korean

Hanja in this term
憂鬱

Noun

憂鬱 • (uul) (hangeul 우울)

  1. hanja form? of 우울 (“melancholy, depression, dejection”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
憂鬱

Noun

憂鬱

  1. chữ Hán form of ưu uất (“melancholy, depression, dejection”)
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