Kanji
憂
N1
15 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1625
melancholy, grieve, lament, be anxious, sad
On'yomi (音読み)
ユウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
うれ.える、 うれ.い、 う.い、 う.き
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
憂慮
ゆうりょ
anxiety; concern
一喜一憂
いっきいちゆう
alternating between happiness and anxiety; swinging between joy and sorrow
杞憂
きゆう
needless fear; groundless apprehension
憂国
ゆうこく
patriotic concern for the future of one's country
内憂外患
ないゆうがいかん
troubles both at home and abroad
憂鬱
ゆううつ
depression; melancholy
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
憂き目
うきめ
bitter experience; misery
憂える
うれえる
to worry about; to be anxious about
憂い
うれい
sorrow; grief
憂さ
うさ
gloom; sadness
Example sentences
ボスの顔色（かおいろ）に一喜一憂（いっきいちゆう）の毎日（まいにち）。こんな仕事（しごと）やってられないよ。
I can't keep this up. It's an emotional roller coaster around here and all we have to do is look at the boss's face to know whether everybody is going to be happy or sad.
父（ちち）の病状（びょうじょう）は一喜一憂（いっきいちゆう）です。
My father's condition seems to improve one moment, but the next moment he sinks again.
憂（うれ）いの反面（はんめん）には喜（よろこ）びがあるものだ。
Every cloud has a silver lining.
彼（かれ）の憂（うれ）うつは彼女（かのじょ）がキスをすると晴（は）れた。
His depression came to an end when she kissed him.