うれい

Japanese

Etymology

Alternative spellings
憂い
愁い
患い

/ureɸe/ → /ureɸi/ → /urei/

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

Pronunciation

Noun

うれい • (urei) ←うれひ (urefi)?

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

Derived terms

  • 憂(うれ)い顔(がお) (ureigao)
  • 後(こう)顧(こ)の憂(うれ)い (kōko no urei)

Proverbs

  • 酒(さけ)は憂(うれ)いの玉(たま)箒(ばはき) (sake wa urei no tamabahaki)
  • 天(てん)下(か)の憂(うれ)いに先(さき)立(だ)ちて憂(うれ)い、天(てん)下(か)の楽(たの)しみに後(おく)れて楽(たの)しむ (tenka no urei ni sakidachite urei, tenka no tanoshimi ni okurete tanoshimu)
  • 遠(とお)き慮(おもんぱか)りなければ必(かなら)ず近(ちか)き憂(うれ)いあり (tōki omonpakari nakereba kanarazu chikaki urei ari)

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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