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憂鬱: depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency | JLPT N2 Vocabulary | JLPTMatome

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憂鬱

JLPT N2Vocabulary

憂鬱(ゆううつ)

ゆううつ

depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency

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Reading and meaning Adjective forms Example sentences Kanji in this lesson

Reading and meaning

Reading: ゆううつ
Romaji: yuuutsu
Meaning: depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
Word type: na adjective

Adjective forms

Present: 憂鬱(ゆううつ)です
Present negative: 憂鬱(ゆううつ)ではありません
Past: 憂鬱(ゆううつ)でした
Past negative: 憂鬱(ゆううつ)ではありませんでした
Before a noun: 憂鬱(ゆううつ)な
Connective: 憂鬱(ゆううつ)で
Adverbial: 憂鬱(ゆううつ)に
Ba conditional: 憂鬱(ゆううつ)であれば
Nara conditional: 憂鬱(ゆううつ)なら
憂鬱(ゆううつ)ならば
Tara conditional: 憂鬱(ゆううつ)でしたら
Appearance: 憂鬱(ゆううつ)そうです
Change of state: 憂鬱(ゆううつ)になります
Excess: 憂鬱(ゆううつ)すぎます
Nominalized: 憂鬱(ゆううつ)なの

Present: 憂鬱(ゆううつ)だ
Present negative: 憂鬱(ゆううつ)じゃない
憂鬱(ゆううつ)ではない
Past: 憂鬱(ゆううつ)だった
Past negative: 憂鬱(ゆううつ)じゃなかった
憂鬱(ゆううつ)ではなかった
Before a noun: 憂鬱(ゆううつ)な
Connective: 憂鬱(ゆううつ)で
Adverbial: 憂鬱(ゆううつ)に
Ba conditional: 憂鬱(ゆううつ)であれば
Nara conditional: 憂鬱(ゆううつ)なら
憂鬱(ゆううつ)ならば
Tara conditional: 憂鬱(ゆううつ)だったら
Appearance: 憂鬱(ゆううつ)そうだ
Change of state: 憂鬱(ゆううつ)になる
Excess: 憂鬱(ゆううつ)すぎる
Nominalized: 憂鬱(ゆううつ)なの

Example sentences

FuriganaEnglish

雨(あめ)の日(ひ)は気分(きぶん)が

憂鬱(ゆううつ)

になる。

Rainy days make me feel depressed.

試験(しけん)の結果(けっか)を待(ま)つ間(あいだ)、彼(かれ)は憂鬱(ゆううつ)な気分(きぶん)で過(す)ごした。

While waiting for the exam results, he spent his time feeling gloomy.

引(ひ)っ越(こ)しの準備(じゅんび)が思(おも)うように進(すす)まず、彼(かれ)は憂鬱(ゆううつ)になった。

The moving preparations did not go as planned, and he became depressed.

月曜日(げつようび)の朝(あさ)は、会社(かいしゃ)へ行(い)くのが憂鬱(ゆううつ)だ。

On Monday mornings, I feel depressed about going to work.

Kanji in this lesson

憂melancholy, grieve, lament, be anxious, sad, unhappyJLPT N2 鬱gloom, depression, melancholy, luxuriantJLPT N2

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