Japanese edit

Alternative spellings
憂き目
憂目 (dated)

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

うきめ (ukimeうきめ (ukime)?

  1. tragedy

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →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, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN