Chinese

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dense (growth); melancholy pleased; pottery
trad. (鬱陶)
simp. (郁陶)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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鬱陶

  1. (literary) to be worried; to be anxious; to be agitated; to be pensive; to be troubled

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
うつ > うっ
Grade: S
とう
Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Chinese 鬱陶.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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(うっ)(とう) (uttōうつたう (ututau)?-tari (adnominal (うっ)(とう)とした (uttō to shita) or (うっ)(とう)たる (uttō taru), adverbial (うっ)(とう) (uttō to) or (うっ)(とう)として (uttō to shite))

  1. depressing, melancholy

Noun

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(うっ)(とう) (uttōうつたう (ututau)?

  1. depression, melancholy

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN