物憂い

ものうい

Also written もの憂い, 懶い

Meanings

1. い-adjective languid; weary; listless; melancholy

Kanji

• 物 thing. Read as もの.
• 憂 melancholy. Read as うい.

Example sentences

• そして、どうすることも出来ない物憂さに、ふっとため息をつく。
  And then I breathe a sigh from melancholy in being unable to do anything about it.

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