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Zach

物憂い

もの憂い、 懶い

Reading

Kana: ものうい
Romaji: monoui
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

languid; weary; listless; melancholy

Kanji

Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
Meanings: thing, object, matter
Readings: ユウ、 うれ.える、 うれ.い、 う.い、 う.き
Meanings: melancholy, grieve, lament, be anxious, sad, unhappy
Readings: ラン、 ライ、 ものうい、 おこたる
Meanings: languid, be lazy, be negligent

Example Sentence

そして、どうすることも出来(でき)ない物憂(ものう)さに、ふっとため(いき)をつく。
➥And then I breathe a sigh from melancholy in being unable to do anything about it.
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