Word details

物憂い

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 物憂い.

Dictionary

Entry

物憂いもの憂い懶いのう~い Adj.Freq #22953
1

languid; weary; listless; melancholy

Examples
そして、どうすることも出来ない物憂さに、ふっとため息をつく。
And then I breathe a sigh from melancholy in being unable to do anything about it.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

thing, object, matter

8 strokesFrequency 215JLPT N3Grade 3

On

ブツモツ

Kun

ものもの-

melancholy, grieve, lament, be anxious, sad, unhappy

15 strokesFrequency 1,625JLPT N1Grade 8

On

ユウ

Kun

うれ.えるうれ.いう.いう.き

Nanori

languid, be lazy, be negligent

19 strokes

On

ランライ

Kun

ものういおこたる

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