JLPT N1 · な-adjective

憂鬱 (yuuutsu)

憂鬱 (ゆううつ, yuuutsu) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “depression; melancholy”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ゆううつ
Romaji: yuuutsu
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency · noun, な-adjective

Example sentences

雨が降ると彼女は憂鬱になる。

When it rains, she feels blue.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 憂鬱

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	憂鬱だ	ゆううつだ yuuutsuda
Present (polite)	憂鬱です	ゆううつです yuuutsudesu
Negative	憂鬱じゃない	ゆううつじゃない yuuutsujanai
Past	憂鬱だった	ゆううつだった yuuutsudatta
Negative past	憂鬱じゃなかった	ゆううつじゃなかった yuuutsujanakatta
Te-form	憂鬱で	ゆううつで yuuutsude
Before a noun	憂鬱な	ゆううつな yuuutsuna
Adverb (~ni)	憂鬱に	ゆううつに yuuutsuni

Kanji in 憂鬱

憂

melancholy, grieve, lamentユウ・うれ.える・うれ.い · 15 strokes

鬱

gloom, depression, melancholyウツ・うっ.する・ふさ.ぐ · 29 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1605640 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.