Japanese
Etymology 1
⟨usi⟩ → /uɕi/ → /uki/ → /ui/
From the 連体形 (rentaikei, “attributive form”) of Early Middle Japanese adjective 憂し (ushi), with the medial /-k-/ falling out.[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
Adjective
うい • (ui) -i (adverbial うく (uku))
- sad, gloomy
Inflection
Inflection of うい
| Stem forms
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| Imperfective (未然形)
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うかろ
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ukaro
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| Continuative (連用形)
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うく
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uku
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| Terminal (終止形)
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うい
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ui
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| Attributive (連体形)
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うい
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ui
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| Hypothetical (仮定形)
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うけれ
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ukere
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| Imperative (命令形)
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うかれ
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ukare
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| Key constructions
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| Informal negative
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うくない
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uku nai
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| Informal past
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うかった
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ukatta
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| Informal negative past
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うくなかった
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uku nakatta
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| Formal
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ういです
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ui desu
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| Formal negative
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うくないです
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uku nai desu
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| Formal past
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うかったです
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ukatta desu
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| Formal negative past
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うくなかったです
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uku nakatta desu
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| Conjunctive
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うくて
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ukute
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| Conditional
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うければ
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ukereba
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| Provisional
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うかったら
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ukattara
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| Volitional
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うかろう
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ukarō
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| Adverbial
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うく
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uku
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| Degree
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うさ
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usa
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Derived terms
Proverbs
- 旅は憂いもの辛いもの (tabi wa ui mo no tsurai mo no)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Adjective
うい • (ui)
- (referring to someone of lower status) fine (person), good, nice, splendid, admirable
Etymology 3
| For pronunciation and definitions of うい – see the following entries.
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| 【初】4
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- [noun] [from early 900s] a first, start
- [prefix] [from early 900s] the first of something
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| 【愛】4
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- [proper noun] a female given name
Alternative spellings真, ああい, あゝい, あいか, あいす, あき, あこ, あみか, あおい, ありさ, あや, あゆ, ちぎり, ちか, ちかし, えりな, はあと, ひかり, いと, いとし, いつみ, いずみ, かな, かなえ, かなさ, きずな, こころ, こゝろ, このむ, まどか, まなぶ, まなみ, めづる, めご, めぐ, めぐみ, めぐむ, めい, なる, なるこ, のぞみ, らぶ, るい, さら, さらん, つぐみ, つくみ, よし, よしき, よしみ
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(This term, うい (ui), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as うい, see Category:Japanese kanji read as うい.
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(The following entries do not have a page created for them yet: 羽衣, 雨衣, 雨意, 烏衣.)
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN