うれい

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Japanese

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Etymology

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Alternative spellings
憂い
愁い
患い

/ureɸe//ureɸi//urei/

Shift from 憂え (uree), the ()然形(ぜんけい) (mizenkei, irrealis form) and (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb (うれ)える (ureeru, to be worried (about); grieve, lament).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) れい [ùréíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[3]
  • (Tokyo) [ùréꜜì] (Nakadaka – [2])[3]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ɾe̞i]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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うれい (ureiうれひ (urefi)?

  1. fear, misgiving
  2. sadness, gloom, sorrow

Derived terms

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Proverbs

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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN