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憂うつ is an exact match with one form of the following word:
憂鬱
BOOST
Reading : ゆううつ   
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 92,311 which gives a rank of 7,481
憂鬱 is the most useful form. 7 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 23,000 (about 27,700,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 13980
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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Example sentences:
かれ
ゆううつ
憂鬱
じょうたい
状態
であった
He was in a mood of depression.
あめ
っていた
のでいっそう
ゆううつ
憂鬱
だった
It was all the more depressing because it was raining.
この
しごと
仕事
ゆううつ
憂鬱
なる
This job gives me the hump.
ゆううつ
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 145,000 (about 596,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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憂うつ
BOOST
Reading : ゆううつ   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 128,000 (about 860,000 results)
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幽鬱
BOOST
Reading : ゆううつ   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 176,000 (about 417,000 results)
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幽欝
BOOST
Reading : ゆううつ   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 210,000 (about 187,000 results)
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憂欝
BOOST
Reading : ゆううつ   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 223,000 (about 110,000 results)
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悒欝
BOOST
Reading : ゆううつ   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 238,000 (about 44,700 results)
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悒鬱
BOOST
Reading : ゆううつ   
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• Google Japan frequency rank: 238,000 (about 44,700 results)
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ユウ   うれえる to grieve, to be distressed   うれ sorrow   う unhappy   
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シン   こころ heart   
カ   ゲ   なつ summer   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジ   シ   みずか self   
go
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ウツ    depression, gloom, melancholy   
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リン   wood; trees   はやし wood   
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モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
カン    can   
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fragrant herbs
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さじ spoon   
cover; covered   
fur, bristles, beard   
ユウ    seclude   
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short, tiny   
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シ   いと thread   
サン   やま mountain   
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