"うれう" meaning in Japanese

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Verb

IPA: [ɯ̟ɾe̞ɯ̟] Forms: うれう ^ [canonical], ureu [romanization], urefu [romanization], うれふ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Attested from the Edo Period. Thought to be scribal error for 憂(うれ)える (ureeru, “be anxious”). The 9th century poem 貧窮問答歌 (Unkyū mondō shi “Dialog on poverty”) contains the line 足の方に 囲みゐて 憂吟, in which the last word could be read as うれふ, though this reading is disputed. Etymology templates: {{ja-r|憂える|うれ.える|be anxious}} 憂(うれ)える (ureeru, “be anxious”), {{lang|ja|貧窮問答歌}} 貧窮問答歌, {{lang|ja|足の方に 囲みゐて 憂吟}} 足の方に 囲みゐて 憂吟, {{lang|ja|うれふ}} うれふ Head templates: {{ja-verb|hhira=うれふ}} うれう • (ureu) ^(←うれふ (urefu)?)
  1. to worry, be anxious, lament Synonyms: 憂える
    Sense id: en-うれう-ja-verb-LnhByvNY Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese verbs without transitivity, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 47 53 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 51 49 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 52 48 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 52 48 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48
  2. (transitive) to worry (about), be distressed (by) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-うれう-ja-verb-e-37K~b7 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese verbs without transitivity, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 47 53 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 51 49 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 52 48 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 52 48 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48

Alternative forms

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