鬱々

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鬱 鬱
うつ
Grade: S		 うつ
Grade: S
on’yomi

Adjective

鬱々 (-tari inflection, hiragana うつうつ, rōmaji utsuutsu)

  1. melancholy, gloomy

Adverb

鬱々 (hiragana うつうつ, rōmaji utsuutsu)

  1. melancholically, gloomily

Usage notes

The adverb is more commonly used with the と (to) particle (the basic adverbial marker for -tari adjectives), but in archaic contexts it is sometimes used as-is with no following particle.

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