Kanji

鬱

gloom, depression, melancholy, luxuriant

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

29 strokes

Radical

鬯部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ウツ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

うっする, ふさぐ, しげる

Example sentences

鬱陶しい うっとうしい
前髪が伸びてきて鬱陶しい。

My bangs have grown long and are starting to bother me.

憂鬱 ゆううつ
試験の結果が心配で、憂鬱な気分だ。

I feel depressed because I'm worried about the test results.

陰鬱 いんうつ
雨のあとも、陰鬱な空気が部屋に残っていた。

Even after the rain, a gloomy atmosphere lingered in the room.

鬱憤 うっぷん
彼は運動で鬱憤を晴らした。

He worked off his pent-up frustration by exercising.

鬱屈 うっくつ
彼は鬱屈を感じている。

He feels depressed.

鬱 うつ
長雨のせいで気分が鬱の状態になっている。

My mood is depressed because of the long rain.

Example Vocabulary

鬱陶しい

うっとうしい

Annoying, gloomy, bothersome

憂鬱

ゆううつ

melancholy; depression; gloom

陰鬱

いんうつ

gloomy; somber; depressing

鬱蒼

うっそう

鬱憤

うっぷん

pent-up anger, resentment, or frustration

鬱屈

うっくつ

gloom; depression; pent-up feelings

鬱

うつ

depression, gloom, melancholy

鬱々

うつうつ

鬱憤を晴らす

うっぷんをはらす

沈鬱

ちんうつ

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