憂える

Japanese

Kanji in this term
うれ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
愁える
患える
See also 憂う

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) れえ [ùrééꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ɾe̞e̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

(うれ)える • (ureeruうれへる (ureferu)?transitive ichidan (stem (うれ) (uree), past (うれ)えた (ureeta))

  1. be anxious, mourn

Conjugation

Conjugation of "憂える" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 憂え うれえ uree
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 憂え うれえ uree
Shūshikei ("terminal") 憂える うれえる ureeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 憂える うれえる ureeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 憂えれ うれえれ ureere
Meireikei ("imperative") 憂えよ¹
憂えろ²
うれえよ¹
うれえろ²
ureeyo¹
ureero²
Key constructions
Passive 憂えられる うれえられる ureerareru
Causative 憂えさせる
憂えさす
うれえさせる
うれえさす
ureesaseru
ureesasu
Potential 憂えられる
憂えれる³
うれえられる
うれえれる³
ureerareru
ureereru³
Volitional 憂えよう うれえよう ureeyō
Negative 憂えない
憂えぬ
憂えん
うれえない
うれえぬ
うれえん
ureenai
ureenu
ureen
Negative continuative 憂えず うれえず ureezu
Formal 憂えます うれえます ureemasu
Perfective 憂えた うれえた ureeta
Conjunctive 憂えて うれえて ureete
Hypothetical conditional 憂えれば うれえれば ureereba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN