See also: 悒郁

Chinese edit

anxiety; worry dense (growth); melancholy
trad. (悒鬱)
simp. (悒郁)

Pronunciation edit


Adjective edit

悒鬱

  1. (literary) depressed; melancholic; gloomy

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Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ゆう
Hyōgaiji
うつ
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology edit

/ipu utu//jifuːt͡su//jɨuːt͡su//juːut͡su/

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

For pronunciation and definitions of 悒鬱 – see the following entry.
憂鬱ゆううつ
[adjective] depressed, gloomy, melancholic
[adjective] (of vegetation) thick, dense
[noun] depression, dejection, gloom, melancholy
Alternative spellings
憂うつ, 幽鬱
(This term, 悒鬱, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)