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憂
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alternating between happiness and anxiety; swinging between joy and sorrow; being glad and sad by turns; oscillating between optimism and pessimism
Examples
彼は試合の結果に一喜一憂している。
He is now glad, now sad at the progress of the game.
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diversion (from one's worries, troubles, etc.); distraction; amusement
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Proverb
if you are prepared you don't have to worry; it's good to have a shelter against every storm
Examples
来る途中、お店に寄って食材を買って来たんです。備えあれば憂いなし、です。
On the way we dropped in at the shops and bought foodstuffs. They say well prepared means no worries.
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to have a hard time of it; to have a bitter experience
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to be absorbed in; to devote oneself (to); to give oneself over (to)
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worrying before one's people worry, enjoying oneself only after one's people have enjoyed themselves (a precept to be observed by a ruler)
